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.
© Webster 1913.
Sti*let"to, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing (?).]
To stab or kill with a stiletto.
Bacon.
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