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Stile
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.