Definition of Poinado

1. poniard [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poinado

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poikilohydric
poikilotherm
poikilothermia
poikilothermic
poikilothermous
poikilotherms
poikilothermy
poikilothrombocyte
poikilothymia
poikilotopic
poilu
poilus
poimenics
poinado (current term)
poinadoes
poinciana
poincianas
poind
poinded
poinder
poinders
poinding
poindings
poinds
poinsetta
poinsettas
poinsettia
poinsettia strain

Literary usage of Poinado

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"He would not use any other revenge, but at the next meeting stab him with his poinado, though he were condemned to death for the action. ..."

2. An English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1895)
"... then presently have killed with a poinado [dagger], which he had privily in his sleeve: which, was espied and prevented by one JOHN CHAMBERLAYNE, ..."

3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"L. parabola, 'verbum, sermo' (Ducange) ; a parable, similitude (Vulgate, in NT). See Stanford. poinado, a poniard. Heywood, The Royal King, vol. vi, p. ..."

4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"... or poinado, *. A sword, or rather dagger; a poniard. ... Strikes ]iis poinado at a button's breadth. It occurs also in the stage direction to Fuimus ..."

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