stab

Definitions

1. 1.Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
2. 2.To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.
3. 3.To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak. To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.
4. 4.The thrust of a pointed weapon.
5. 5.A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin. Shak.
6. 6.Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation called?
• What is to give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden called?
• What is to wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak. To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at called?
• What is a wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin. Shak called?
• What is fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character called?