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716 words match “STAB”

STAB v. 7 definitions
rce 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.
STAB CULTURE n.
A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
STABAT MATER n.
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 n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
STABBINGLY adv.
By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker.
STABILIMENT n.
The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. [R.] Jer. taylor. They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade. Derham.
STABILITATE v.
To make stable; to establish. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
STABILITY n. 3 definitions
The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.
STABLE a. 7 definitions
Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers.
STABLE STAND n.
The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.
STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN n.
A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
STABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
STABLER n.
A stable keeper. De Foe.
STABLING n. 2 definitions
The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
STABLISH v.
To settle permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix. [Obs.] 2 Sam. vii. 13.
STABLISHMENT n.
Establishment. [Obs.]
STABLY adv.
In a stable manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
STABULATION n. 2 definitions
The act of stabling or housing beasts.
ACCOSTABLE a.
Approachable; affable. [R.] Hawthorne.
ADJUSTABLE a.
Capable of being adjusted.
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