To pierce with a pointed weapon; as, to be stabbed by a dagger or a spear; to stab fish or eels.

To wound mischievously or mortally; to kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument.

To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab reputation.

To give a wound with a pointed weapon. ' . None shall dare with shortend sword to stab in closer war.

To give a mortal wound. He speaks poniards, and every word stabs. To stab at, to offer a stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

The thrust of a pointed weapon.

A wound with a sharp pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.

An injury given in the dark; a sly mischief; as a stab given to character.