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STILETTO
stiletto
(noun) a small dagger with a tapered blade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes or stiletti)
A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
A rapier.
An awl.
A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
Adjective
stiletto (not comparable)
Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.
Verb
stiletto (third-person singular simple present stilettos, present participle stilettoing, simple past and past participle stilettoed)
(transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
Source: Wiktionary
Sti*let"to, n.; pl. Stilettos. Etym: [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.
Sti*let"to, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing.]
Definition: To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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