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

A stiletto. [R.]

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

an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland.

A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

Same as Hastate. Gray.

sire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

In a hostile manner.

ce, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. The pestilence That walketh in darkness. Ps. xci. 6.

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.

Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the pestilential vapors." Longfellow.

Pestilently.

Pestilential. [Obs.]

In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above all measure pestilently noisome." Dr. H. More.

The quality of being pestilent.

One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne.

See Substyle.

A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1.

Hostile. [R.] Southey.

In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a p…