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stile |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stile \Stile\, n. [See {Style}.] 1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See {Style}. --Moxon. 2. Mode of composition. See {Style}. [Obs.] May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stile \Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS stigel a step, a ladder, from st[=i]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. [root]164. See {Sty}, v. i., and cf {Stair}.] 1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way --Shak. Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. --Bunyan. 2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised. Note: In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions, and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when horizontal. {Hanging stile}, {Pulley stile}. See under {Hanging}, and {Pulley}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stile n : a vertical member in a door or window frame
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