Category:Stiletto

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.

Stiletto Sti*let"to, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing.]

Defn: to stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon.