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Definition of Sumpitan
1. n. A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.
Definition of Sumpitan
1. Noun. A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, used by indigenous peoples of Borneo and adjacent islands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sumpitan
1. sumpit [n -S] - See also: sumpit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sumpitan
Literary usage of Sumpitan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, Down to the Occupation of Labuan by James Brooke, George Rodney Mundy (1848)
"NECESSITY OF SEVERE MEASURES THE sumpitan. DESCRIPTION OF THE DARTS. — ATTEMPT
TO DESTROY A TOMB. ENGLISH GOODS DISCOVERED. — DEFENCE OF THE RIVER. ..."
2. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"The blow-pipe, or sumpitan, with its small poisoned darts and rude bamboo-pointed
spears, constitute their weapons. They have considerable taste in ..."
3. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Propulsive Power.—The Pea-shooter and its Powers.—An Attack repulsed.—Clay
Bullets.—Puff and Dart.—The sumpitan of Borneo, and its Arrows. ..."
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