Stab, n. 1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin. Shak.
3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.