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STILETTO (an Italian diminutive of stilo, dagger, Lat. stilus, a pointed instrument)

STILETTO (an See also:
ITALIAN
Italian diminutive of stilo, See also:
DAGGER
dagger, See also:
LAT
Lat. stilus, a pointed See also:
INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)
instrument) , a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stabbing See also:

DAGGER

dagger, the blade of which is either triangular or square in See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form . The See also:

TERM

term is also applied to a pointed See also:

BODKIN (Early Eng. boydekin, a dagger, a word of unknown origin, possibly connected with the Gaelic biodag, a short sword)

bodkin of See also:

ivory, See also:

bone or See also:

metal used for making eyelet holes, &c .

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