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stilettos |
1 definition found 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.
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