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

sumoists
sumos
sumotori
sumotoris
sump
sump pits
sump pump
sump pumps
sumped
sumph
sumphish
sumphs
sumping
sumpit
sumpitan (current term)
sumpitans
sumpits
sumplike
sumps
sumpsimus
sumpter
sumpters
sumption
sumptions
sumptuarily
sumptuary
sumptuary tax
sumptuosities
sumptuosity

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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