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/ˈpɒnjəd/ · noun
(now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade..
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[…].
You yeoman phevvterer, conduct mee to / The Lady of the manſion, or my poniard / Shall diſemboge thy ſoule.
One of the tragic authors, finding himself assaulted in the dark, had, by way of poinard, employed upon his adversary's throat a knife which lay upon the table, for the convenience of cutting cheese […].
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.
On this occasion I said nothing, but concealing his poniard in my clothes, I hasted up the mountain, determined to execute my purpose […].
The gaunt men carried swords and daggers with a new familiarity, and even the women had poniards belted at their waists.
Manfred […] would have poignarded the peasant in their arms.
Use poniard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Poniard means (now chiefly historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade..
Common synonyms include bodkin.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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[…].
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