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English Dictionary: Stiletto by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiletto
n
  1. a small dagger with a tapered blade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stiletto \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stiletto \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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