/as"euh guy'/ , n. , pl. assegais , v. , assegaied, assegaiing .
n.
1. the slender javelin or spear of the Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa.
2. a southern African tree, Curtisia dentata, of the dogwood family, from whose wood such spears are made.
v.t.
3. to pierce with an assegai.
Also, assagai .
[ 1615-25; earlier azagaia
az zaghayah, equiv. to al the + Berber zaghayah assegai ]