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Webster 1828 Edition

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Piercing with a pointed weapon; killing with a pointed instrument by piercing the body.

Noun.

The act of piercing with a pointed weapon; the act of wounding or killing with a pointed instrument.

This statute was made on account of the frequent quarrels and stabbings with short daggers.

stabbing ‎(not comparable)

(of pain) sharp, intense
Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.

stabbing ‎(plural stabbings)

An incident in which a person is stabbed.

A stabbing took place in the alley last night.

The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.

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