Definition of "sumpit" [sumpit]

• A small poisoned dart or arrow, thrown by means of a sumpitan. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But to make its effect deadly at this distance, something more than the mere pricking of the tiny "sumpit" was needed."
• "In the late afternoon, you can either relax natives use the "sumpit" (blowpipe) to hunt in the jungle."
• "Their weapons are the bow and arrow and the blowgun or sumpitan, here called "sumpit.""