1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin. Shak.
3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
STABAT MATER
Sta"bat Ma"ter. Etym: [L., the mother was standing.]
Defn: A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
STABBER
Stab"ber, n.
1. One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A small marline spike; a pricker.
STABBINGLY
Stab"bing*ly, adv.