'To stab at' definitions:
Definition of 'To stab at'
From: GCIDE
- 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]