kawas

His influence was increasing, when one morning a Sacred Man threw at him the _kawas_ or killing-stone, a deadly weapon like a scythe stone in shape and thickness, usually round but sometimes angular, and from eighteen to twenty inches long.

The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals John Gibson Paton 1865

When I opposed them, the club or tomahawk, the musket or _kawas_ (_i.e. _ killing-stone), being instantly raised, intimated that my life would be taken, if I resisted.

The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals John Gibson Paton 1865