To stab at

To stab at
Stab Stab, v. i. 1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. [1913 Webster]

None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. [1913 Webster]

She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{To stab at}, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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