Obs. Also 6 zagaia, 7 sagay. [a. F. zagaie, reduced form of azagaye: see ASSAGAI.] = ASSAGAI.

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1590.  Sir J. Smythe, Disc. Weapons, L 4. Some numbers of Zagaias (which are double headed Lances).

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1687.  A. Lovell, trans. Thevenot’s Trav., I. 35. They are very dextrous at the Zagaye.

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a. 1693.  Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. Prol. Long Hooks, Lances, Zagayes [Rabelais azzesgayes].

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1698.  Froger, Voy., 12. The Sagay, which is a very light Half-Pike.

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[1702.  W. J., trans. Bruyn’s Voy. Levant, xxii. 95. They … excell [in] the managing of the Zagaie; which is a sort of Stick about four Foot long, about an Inch Thick, round before and flat behind.

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1869.  Boutell, Arms & Armour, vii. 102. The ‘Estradiots,’ … armed with a zagaie, or javelin, pointed at both ends.]

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