Poniard vs X - What's the difference?
poniard | x |
A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
* c. 1601 , (William Shakespeare), , V.1:
*, II.29:
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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As a noun poniard
is a dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.As a verb poniard
is to stab with a poniard.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.poniard
English
Alternative forms
* poignard * poynard * punierdNoun
(en noun)- She speaks poniards , and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
- The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary horses, / against the which he impon'd as I take it, sixe French / Rapiers and Poniards , with their assignes, as Girdle, / Hangers or so.
- A Poynard is more sure to wound a man, which forsomuch as it requireth more motion and vigor of the arme, than a pistol, it's stroke is more subject to be hindred or avoyded.