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   Stab , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed ; 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.]
   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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   Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
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   Stab, v. i.
   To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
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   None shall dare
   With shortened sword to stab in closer war.
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   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.
   The thrust of a pointed weapon.
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   A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.
   Shak.
   
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   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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