Also 8 lascari. [a. Urdu (Pers.) lashkarī: see next.]
† 1. = LASCAR 1. Obs.
1712. E. Cooke, Voy. S. Sea, 354. All the Prisoners were put Aboard the Bark, except about 30 Lascaris.
2. ‘A short spear used in the East Indies as a hunting-spear, or more rarely as a javelin for throwing’ (Cent. Dict.).
