Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stiletto"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, n.; pl. {Stilettos}. [It., dim. of stilo
a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See {Style} for
writing, and cf. {Stylet}.]
1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed
blade.
2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in
embroidery.
3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.]
The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a
stiletto on his chin. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stilettoed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Stilettoing}.]
To stab or kill with a stiletto. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stiletto
n : a small dagger with a tapered blade
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