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   Stab (stăb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (stăbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub.  Cf. Staff.]
   1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, “to stab a man with a dagger”; also, to thrust; as, “to stab a dagger into a person”.
   
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   2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, “to stab a person's reputation”.
   
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   Stab, v. i.
   1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
   
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   With shortened sword to stab in closer war. Dryden.
   
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   2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
   
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   She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. Shak.
   
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   To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.
   
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   Stab, n.
   1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
   
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   2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, “to fall by the stab of an assassin”.  Shak.
   
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   3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, “a stab given to character”.
   
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   Stab culture. (Bacteriol.) A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire; -- called also stab. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
   
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