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Definition of: poniard
(pon′yərd) noun
A small dagger, especially one with a slender triangular or square blade.
—v.t. To stab with a poniard. [<MF poignard <poing a fist <L pugnus]
a. Knife.
b. Japanese.
c. Senegalese.
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