ASSEGAI

light wooden spear for throwing or stabbing used by the Zulus. A egat wood is the product of Curtis i a faginea, found in Cape Colony, Natal, and the Transvaal. Most a egais are pointed with iron, and are now made of tough, heavy wood of Grewia occidental is, the most highly prized of 8. African woods; bark contains 13-14 per cent, of tannin, sembly, from Lat. as simul are, to bring together), fashionable periodical gatherings, still held in provinces; meeting of clerical synods, such as Westminster A. of Divines, General A. of Scottish Church; in Fr. history council summoned by king as A. of Notables; important A. of Notables, 1787-88, advised summoning of States General.