Squirt"er (?), n. One who, or that which, squirts.
Squir"y (?), n. [See Squiery.] The body of squires, collectively
considered; squirarchy. [Obs.]
The flower of chivalry and squiry.
Ld. Berbers.
Squitch" grass` (?). (Bot.) Quitch grass.
Squi*tee" (?), n. [From the N. American Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The
squeteague; -- called also squit.
Stab (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.]
[Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to
G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a
stake, a stub. Cf. Staff.] 1. 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.
2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as,
to stab a person's reputation.
Stab, v. i. 1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
thrust with a pointed weapon.
None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in closer war.
Dryden.