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Webster 1913 Edition

Stiletto

Sti-let′to

,
Noun.
;
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.

Sti-let′to

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stilettoed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilettoing
.]
To stab or kill with a stiletto.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stiletto

STILETTO

,
Noun.
[See Style.] A small dagger with a round pointed blade.

Definition 2024

stilettò

stilettò

See also: stiletto

Italian

Verb

stilettò

  1. third-person singular past historic of stilettare

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