pon·iard

(pŏn′yərd)

A dagger typically having a slender three- or four-sided blade.

tr.v. pon·iard·ed, pon·iard·ing, pon·iards

To stab with such a dagger.

[French poignard, from poing, fist, from Old French, from Latin pugnus; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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poniard

(ˈpɒnjəd)

(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a small dagger with a slender blade

(Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (tr) to stab with a poniard

[C16: from Old French poignard dagger, from poing fist, from Latin pugnus; related to Latin pugnāre to fight]

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pon•iard

(ˈpɒn yərd)
n.

a small, slender dagger.

[1580–90; < Middle French poignard, derivative of poing fist < Latin pugnus]

poniard

Past participle: poniarded
Gerund: poniarding

Imperative
poniard
poniard

Present
I poniard
you poniard
he/she/it poniards
we poniard
you poniard
they poniard

Preterite
I poniarded
you poniarded
he/she/it poniarded
we poniarded
you poniarded
they poniarded

Present Continuous
I am poniarding
you are poniarding
he/she/it is poniarding
we are poniarding
you are poniarding
they are poniarding

Present Perfect
I have poniarded
you have poniarded
he/she/it has poniarded
we have poniarded
you have poniarded
they have poniarded

Past Continuous
I was poniarding
you were poniarding
he/she/it was poniarding
we were poniarding
you were poniarding
they were poniarding

Past Perfect
I had poniarded
you had poniarded
he/she/it had poniarded
we had poniarded
you had poniarded
they had poniarded

Future
I will poniard
you will poniard
he/she/it will poniard
we will poniard
you will poniard
they will poniard

Future Perfect
I will have poniarded
you will have poniarded
he/she/it will have poniarded
we will have poniarded
you will have poniarded
they will have poniarded

Future Continuous
I will be poniarding
you will be poniarding
he/she/it will be poniarding
we will be poniarding
you will be poniarding
they will be poniarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been poniarding
you have been poniarding
he/she/it has been poniarding
we have been poniarding
you have been poniarding
they have been poniarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been poniarding
you will have been poniarding
he/she/it will have been poniarding
we will have been poniarding
you will have been poniarding
they will have been poniarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been poniarding
you had been poniarding
he/she/it had been poniarding
we had been poniarding
you had been poniarding
they had been poniarding

Conditional
I would poniard
you would poniard
he/she/it would poniard
we would poniard
you would poniard
they would poniard

Past Conditional
I would have poniarded
you would have poniarded
he/she/it would have poniarded
we would have poniarded
you would have poniarded
they would have poniarded

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	poniard - a dagger with a slender blade bodkin dagger, sticker - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
Verb	1.	poniard - stab with a poniard knife, stab - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"

Translations

erdolchen

poniard

[ˈpɒnjəd] N (= liter) → puñal m

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poniard

n (liter, old) → Dolch m

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He said in reply that they spoke the truth in every respect except as to the dagger, for it was not a dagger, nor little, but a burnished poniard sharper than an awl."

"That poniard must have been made by Ramon de Hoces the Sevillian," said Sancho.

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Nevertheless, I cannot help thinking that if we would put an improved breed of polliwogs in our drinking water, construct shallower roadways, groom the street cows, offer the stranger within our gates a free choice between the poniard and the potion, and relinquish our private system of morals, the other measures of public safety would be needless."

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She bounded from one end of the tiny room to the other, stooped down, and raised herself again, with a little poniard in her hand, before Gringoire had even had time to see whence the poniard came; proud and angry, with swelling lips and inflated nostrils, her cheeks as red as an api apple,* and her eyes darting lightnings.

She made her disdainful little grimace, drew up her head like a bird, then burst out laughing, and the tiny poniard disappeared as it had come, without Gringoire being able to see where the wasp concealed its sting.

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And she flew to a little inlaid casket which stood upon the dressing table, opened it with a feverish and trembling band, drew from it a small poniard, with a golden haft and a sharp thin blade, and then threw herself with a bound upon D'Artagnan.

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Athos, as if in opposition to what Monk had done, unfastened his poniard, which he placed upon the table; unhooked his sword-belt, which he laid close to his poniard; and, without affectation, opening his doublet as if to look for his handkerchief, showed beneath his fine cambric shirt his naked breast, without weapons either offensive or defensive.

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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly weather, is an impassive- faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.

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`If he send me his poniard, it will signify that the emperor's intentions are not favorable, and I am to set fire to the powder; if, on the contrary, he send me his ring, it will be a sign that the emperor pardons him, and I am to extinguish the match and leave the magazine untouched.' -- `My friend,' said my mother, `when your master's orders arrive, if it is the poniard which he sends, instead of despatching us by that horrible death which we both so much dread, you will mercifully kill us with this same poniard, will you not?' --

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slowly it floats more and more away, the water round it torn and splashed by the insatiate sharks, and the air above vexed with rapacious flights of screaming fowls, whose beaks are like so many insulting poniards in the whale.

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"Two poniards, a knotted rope and a poire d'angoisse."*

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The attendants of the Abbot crossed themselves, with looks of pious horror, and the very heathen Saracens, as Isaac drew near them, curled up their whiskers with indignation, and laid their hands on their poniards, as if ready to rid themselves by the most desperate means from the apprehended contamination of his nearer approach.

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