Browse dictionary
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1. † ˈBuggess, n. View full entry 1699
...A name formerly used in the Indian Archipelago for a native soldier in European service....
2. kiwi, n. View full entry 1835
...Any of several dark brown or grey tailless, flightless, nocturnal ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand forest and scrub, having a long bill and hairlike feathers. Cf....
3. kleywang, n. View full entry 1783
...A single-edged Indonesian sword....
4. kris | creese | crease, n. View full entry 1586-8
...A Malay dagger, with a blade of a wavy form....
5. lembing, n. View full entry 1839
...A Malay spear characterized by a ridged blade....
6. Maori, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...The Polynesian language of the original people of New Zealand....
7. mere, n.6 View full entry 1820
...A short flat Maori war club of hard wood, whalebone, or greenstone; (also) a miniature greenstone version of this. Also mere club....
8. pa, n.2 View full entry 1823
...Originally: a fortified Maori village or stronghold (now hist.). In later use: any Maori village or settlement....
9. panglima, n. View full entry 1792
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a chief; a military commander. Also used as a title and form of address....
10. parang, n.1 View full entry 1820
...A large heavy machete with a blade broader at the end than at the base and a concave cutting edge, used in Malaysia and Indonesia for clearing vegetation or as a weapon....
11. patu, n. View full entry c1771
...A short clublike instrument with sharpened edges, usually made of stone, whalebone, or nephrite, used esp. as a weapon for striking or as a pestle for pounding food. Cf. mere...
12. pedang, n. View full entry 1817
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a type of long sword....
13. prang, v. View full entry 1941
...trans. orig. and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft)....
14. ranjau, n. View full entry 1783
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a sharp bamboo or iron stake or caltrop placed point upwards in the ground to hinder or injure an enemy or hunted animal....
15. rum, n.2 View full entry 1654
...An alcoholic spirit distilled from molasses and other sugar-cane products, prepared chiefly in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America; a serving or variety of this....
16. sumpit, n. View full entry 1831
...= sumpitan; also erron. one of the darts blown from the sumpitan....
17. sumpitan, n. View full entry 1634
...A blow-gun made by the Malays from a hollowed cane, from which poisoned arrows are shot....
18. sundang, n. View full entry 1902
...A heavy two-edged sword used in Malaysia....
19. taiaha, n. View full entry 1845
...A long-handled Maori club with a sharp tip. Also fig....
20. toa, n.2 View full entry 1860
...A brave warrior....
