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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.

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.] -- Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.] -- Stick insect, (Zoöl.), any one of various species of wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidæ…

The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's mortal sting." Shak.

A stab; a thrust with a rapier. Shak.

A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]

To stick; to thrust; to stab. [Obs.] Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting. Chaucer.

The missel thrush.

ts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress. Rankine. Stress is the mutual action between portions of matter. Clerk Maxwell.

To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.

In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.

A thrust. [Obs.] Shak.

To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack. Put roses into a glass with a narrow mouth, stuffing them close together . . . and they retain smell and color. Bacon.

The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect. [Obs.] This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a silver sheath. Chapman.

ales of some of the species are bright- colored. Some of the species are popularly called thrushes.

usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.

A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See Brown thrush. Sage thrasher. (Zoöl.) See under Sage. -- Thrasher whale (Zoöl.), the common killer of the Atlantic.

To thrust. [Obs.] Chaucer.