poniard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dagger with a slender blade
    bodkin.
  2. verb stab with a poniard

WordNet

Pon"iard noun
Etymology
F. poignard (cf. It. pugnale, Sp. puñal), fr. L. pugio, -onis; probably akin to pugnus fist, or fr. pugnus fist, as held in the fist. See Pugnacious.
Definitions
  1. A kind of dagger, -- usually a slender one with a triangular or square blade.
    She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak.
Pon"iard transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Poniarded; present participle & verbal noun Poniarding
Definitions
  1. To pierce with a poniard; to stab. Cowper.

Webster 1913