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Meanings of poniard in English

Portuguese
punhal
Catalan
punyal
Spanish
estilete

A dagger with a slender blade.

punhal
Synonyms
Examples for "bodkin"
Examples for "bodkin"
1
The wrench upon it had already pulled the bodkin from the wainscot.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
2
The first was a needle of the dimensions of an ordinary bodkin.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks / Book Number Fifteen...
3
He took his sword in his left hand and drew his bodkin.
Servant of a dark god
4
He studied the narrow blade of cold iron at the bodkin's tip.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
5
Sin took another smaller casket and a very long, tapering silver bodkin.
Dope
Usage of poniard in English
1
He leaped upon the cabinet in which the long poniard was kept.
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
2
Then he felt in his valise, and took therefrom a good poniard.
Droll Stories — Volume 2
3
A gemmed riding-whip and a silver-hilted poniard hung on the same peg.
The House of the Wolf: A Romance
4
That long, clear, grave gaze pierced her heart like a golden poniard.
The Purple Heights
5
He started from his knee, and laid his hand upon his poniard.
The Talisman
6
Ought he not to be driving a poniard into Mr. Kennedy's heart?
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
7
Jack would stab him with a wooden poniard, and Bob would die.
Quicksilver
8
But the single poniard of the monk Ravaillac arrested it all.
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
9
And she laid the poniard down upon the tress of hair before him.
The Missing Bride
10
It would serve him right to poniard him on the spot.
Mr. Fortescue / An Andean Romance
11
The poniard of darkness may reach his heart, if he betrays his designs.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
12
Rador drew his poniard and struck twice upon the wall with its hilt.
The Moon Pool
13
A slap on the face is worse than a poniard thrust.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
14
She saw the poniard descend upon Phœbus, and rise again, reeking.
Notre-Dame de Paris
15
Seregil crawled to the front of the lean-to, poniard in hand.
Shadows Return
16
Angélique held up her finger, which to Fanchon looked terrible as a poniard.
The Golden Dog
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Translations for poniard
Portuguese
punhal
Catalan
punyal
Poniard through the time
Poniard across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common