STILETTO

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.

2.
n.

A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.

3.
n.

A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.] The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford.

4.
v.

To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon.


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