Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stele"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stale \Stale\, n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. st[ae]l, stel; akin to
LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem,
Gr. ? a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.]
The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
[Written also {steal}, {stele}, etc.]
But seeling the arrow's stale without, and that the
head did go No further than it might be seen.
--Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stele \Ste"le\, n. [NL.]
Same as {Stela}.
One of these steles, containing the Greek version of
the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I.
Taylor (The
Alphabet).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stele \Stele\, n. [See {Stale} a handle.]
A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stele
n 1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis
of a vascular plant
2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: {stela}]
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