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Sumpitan

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Sum´pi`tan
n.1.A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, - used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.


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I never looked back, but I knew that my brother's eyes, behind me, were looking steadily ahead, for the boat went as straight as a bushman's dart, when it leaves the end of the sumpitan.
Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context
A shower of poisoned darts blown from half a hundred sumpitans fell about them, and then Muda Saffir called to his warriors to cease using their deadly blow-pipes lest they kill the girl.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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