2. Verb. (third-person singular of stab) ¹
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Definition of Stabs
1. stab [v] - See also: stab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stabs
Literary usage of Stabs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1856)
"stabs sometimes have the chracters of incised punctures, ... Dupuytren has
remarked, that such stabs, owing to the elasticity of the skin, are apparently ..."
2. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1853)
"stabs sometimes have the characters of incised punctures, ... Dupuytren has
remarked, that such stabs, owing to the elasticity of the skin, are apparently ..."
3. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"stabs sometimes have the characters of incised punctures, one or both extremities
of the wound being cleanly cut, according to whether the weapon was single ..."
4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"Some wounds, such as cuts and stabs, at once indicate that they must have been
produced by weapons. 1. Incised Wounds.—In incised wounds, the sharpness of ..."
5. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John James Reese (1873)
"stabs AND CUTS.—WHAT ARE WEAPONS?—EXAMINATION OF THE DRESS. ... Some wounds, such
as cuts and stabs, at once indicate that they must have been produced by ..."
6. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John James Reese (1873)
"stabs AND CUTS.—WHAT ARE WEAPONS?—EXAMINATION OF THE DRESS. ... Some wounds, such
as cuts and stabs, at once indicate that they must have been produced by ..."
7. The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"Incised wounds In incised wounds, the sharpness of the instrument m*y lie inferred
from the cleanness and regularity with which the edges are cut : in stabs ..."