The next instant the door opened, and Ali, yataghan in hand, rushed into the room.
The next morning the yataghan of Ali was found beneath the window!
Our baggage was strapped on the back of one of the sturdy little horses of the country, which was led by a diminutive native, not twelve years of age, yet armed with yataghan and loaded revolver.
He provides you with richly-ornamented saddlery, belts for your sweetheart ornamented with the heads of pins, purses, and the curious treble sack which the Arnaut straps in front of him to hold his yataghan and two lengthy flint pistols.
The blade of his yataghan was inlaid with an elaborate gold device from point to hilt.
Omar sprang like a rattlesnake on to his spoiler, his yataghan circling viciously in the air, to crash down upon Galahad's skull, who was encumbered by the clinging embrace of his stolen Circassian.
In endeavouring to preserve Zuleika from injury, my yataghan dropped out of its sheath; my lance was already broken in the fall, and I was undermost, with the gripe of my adversary on my throat.
She had seized my yataghanwhen it dropped from its sheath, and she buried it in Achmet's body.
Illustration: 048] He retired to rest as usual, placed his yataghan under his pillow, and waited till all was quiet in the palace.
Then he tried to discover some means of ridding himself of this frightful spectre; and, at length, one night determined to await its approach resolutely, yataghan in hand.
Illustration: 051] Murad then seized by the throat the brute which was still tearing at his flesh, and drove the yataghan into his breast.
The Voivodin stooped suddenly, and then, raising the yataghan which had fallen from the hand of one of the dead marauders, stood armed beside him.
There was not one of our men who did not grind his teeth when we witnessed the grim action, only too expressive, of the Turk as he drew his right hand, clenched as though he held a yataghan in it, across his throat.
His bernouse flew aside and from the open breast the handle of a yataghan peeped; no cord or belt held it.
When I say a Turkish yataghan I mean that from a broken Damascus sword-blade and a Persian dagger handle, a yataghanof the Turkish pattern has been made.
Another drops from his horse before the fire of Doctor Chicago, and Mustapha, who handles a yataghan with marvelous dexterity, actually cleaves a third to the chin with the keen blade.
Monsieur should be careful about leaving his windows open; Arabs climb well; vines very handy; yataghan make no shout.
For an instant Fatia Negra was taken aback by his antagonist's unexpected wariness and courage, but the next moment his drawn yataghan flashed in his hand and the second flash was the clash of the contending weapons.
In his girdle were a couple of pistols, in all probability rendered useless by the water and a long Arab yataghan almost as long as an ordinary sword but without the usual cruciform hilt.
Both of them had lunged at the same time, neither of them had parried, Szilard's sword cut through his adversary's wrist and at the same instant Fatia Negra's yataghan fell from his hand.
Upon the instant the stranger was transformed from the sauntering peasant into a gladiator, with feet firmly planted, the left hand raised as a shield, and the right grasping a yataghan which had been concealed upon his person.
As he said this the yataghan made a thorough reconnoissance of all the vulnerable parts of Amesa's body from the fifth rib upwards, followed by Amesa's dagger in ward.
Welcome, ten thousand welcomes," he cried, waving his sparkling yataghan around, as if inviting Paul to take entire possession of the castle.
The old Palicar who had been drinking somewhat freely of the maraschino turned upon his consort with a fierce frown, drew his yataghan and shook it furiously at her.
And he waved his sharp yataghan before the first mate's eyes in a way which he did not at all relish, although he took the hint as it was intended.
It was the yataghan of Mustad, who had drawn and hurled it with inconceivable quickness and with an aim so unerring that it would have brained the unsuspecting American but for his fortunate stumble.
Smarting with pain and foaming with rage, he threw himself upon the daring boy, tore the yataghan from his grasp, and with its heavy handle struck him a blow on the head that stretched him senseless at his feet.
With the quickness of lightning Esperance thrust out his hand, seizing the Sultan's jeweledyataghan and drawing it from its scabbard.
Over him stood Maldar, his yataghan uplifted to strike.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "yataghan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
