Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hara-kiri

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hara-kiri


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(n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; -- also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.