STILE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style. Moxon.

2.
n.

Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.] May I not write in such a stile as this Bunyan.

3.
n.

A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way. Shak. Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. Bunyan.

4.
n.

One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.

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