waggadash

waggadash noun: a wakizashi.

Noun

waggadash (plural waggadashes)

(archaic) A wakizashi.
- Their disposition, according to the quality of their arms, is thus: first of all march their shot, that is, calievers, for muskets they have none, neither will they use any; then follow pikes, then cattans and targets, bows and arrows, waggadashes or hooks, and lastly, calievers again close the...1758, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Volume 6, page 108
- Towards evening, the king of Jedo sent me two suits of varnished armour, as a present to our king ; and sent likewise for myself a tatch and a waggadash, the former being a long sword which is only worn in Japan by soldiers of the highest rank, and the latter being a singular weapon resembling a...1813, Robert Kerr, A General History of Voyages and Travels

[…] and enumerated various personal belongings, amongst others his Japanese weapons—his “cattans” and his “waggadash.”1902, Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London:
These included two suits of armour, a katana and a waggadash (wakizashi) for himself.2004, Gregory Irvine, A guide to Japanese art collections in the UK, page 13:

plural	waggadashes
alternative form	wagadash

From Japanese 脇差 (wakizashi).

What does waggadash mean?: Waggadash means a wakizashi.
How do you use waggadash in a sentence?: […] and enumerated various personal belongings, amongst others his Japanese weapons—his “cattans” and his “waggadash.”
What part of speech is waggadash?: Waggadash is a noun.
What is the plural of waggadash?: The plural of waggadash is waggadashes.

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