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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 920 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STILETTO (an See also:Italian diminutive of stilo, See also:dagger, See also:Lat. stilus, a pointed See also:instrument) , a See also:short stabbing dagger, the blade of which is either triangular or square in See also:form. The See also:term is also applied to a pointed See also:bodkin of See also:ivory, See also:bone or See also:metal used for making eyelet holes, &c.

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