stiletto
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Noun (1)
- a small dagger with a tapered blade
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery. [1913 Webster]
3.A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin.— Ford.[1913 Webster]
Stiletto \Sti*let"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilettoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing.] To stab or kill with a stiletto. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]