Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
yataghan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
yataghan .
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- noun Alternative form of
yataghan .
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Examples
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With the aid of Suleiman's ataghan and my own sabre, we scooped a shallow grave upon the spot which Darvell had indicated: the earth easily gave way, having already received some Mahometan tenant.
Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854
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What use on earth ataghan and scimitar and damasquined pistols, that would not carry straight three yards, could be to an officer in his
My Novel — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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What use on earth ataghan and scimitar and damasquined pistols, that would not carry straight three yards, could be to an officer in his Majesty's Guards is more than I can conjecture, or even Frank satisfactorily explain.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Long sojourning amid wild and dangerous men, he still wore beneath his vest the ataghan which he had once struck into the throat of a Turkish robber.
Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Long sojourning amid wild and dangerous men, he still wore beneath his vest the ataghan which he had once struck into the throat of a Turkish robber.
The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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One day, as he was walking the quarter-deck, he lifted an ataghan (it might be one of the midshipmen's weapons), and unsheathing it, said, contemplating the blade, “I should like to know how a person feels after committing murder.”
The Life of Lord Byron Galt, John, 1779-1839 1830
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The Swede struck him with the flat of his sword; the Suliote unsheathed his ataghan, and nearly cut off the left arm of his antagonist, and then shot him through the head.
The Life of Lord Byron Galt, John, 1779-1839 1830
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With the aid of Suleiman's ataghan and my own sabre, we scooped a shallow grave upon the spot which Darvell had indicated: the earth easily gave way, having already received some
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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Stanhope; here he only sits cross-legged on an ottoman, and carves his venison with an ataghan. "
Vivian Grey Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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-- [MS.] [15] [Compare "With the aid of Suleiman's ataghan and my own sabre, we scooped a shallow grave upon the spot which Darvell had indicated" (_A fragment of a Novel by Byron, Letters, _ 1899, iii.
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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