poniard (1 as y), ponyard

[Fr. poignard from poing the fist, with suff. -ard (=O. H. Ger. hart=hard): cf. Ital. pugnale a poniard, from pug no (Lat. pugnus )=the fist; Sp. puño the fist, a hilt, puñala poniard.] A dagger; a short weapon for stabbing. "If thou hast courage still, and wouldst be free, Receive this poníard -rise-and follow me!" Byron: Corsair, iii. 8. pon-lard (1 as y), v . t . [Fr. poignarder .] To stab or pierce with a poniard. "Prepared to poniard whomso'er they meet." Cowper : Charity. bility of being placed. *pōn-1-bil-1-ty, s. [Lat. pono to place.] Capa *ponke, s . [A misreading in old editions of Spenser's Epithalamion , 340, for pouke (=Puck) = an elf, a sprite.] põnş, s. [Lat.=a bridge.] Anat .: Any bridge-like structure, as Pons hepatis , a bridge acro the umbilical fi ure of the liver; P. varolii (the Bridge of Varolius), a commi ure uniting the two hemispheres of the cerebellum.