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Definition of Stilet
1. n. A stiletto.
Definition of Stilet
1. Noun. stylet ¹
2. Noun. stiletto ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stilet
1. a probe [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilet
Literary usage of Stilet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1823)
"On this stilet, three quarters of an inch from its point, ... Between this
instrument and the probe point, the stilet is rather smaller than in any other ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"DIPTERA. the stilet or seta, presents at most five or six rings. This stilet, or
that seta, exists in almost all of them, and in those where they are ..."
3. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1815)
"In order to give them the proper curvature, he always keeps them on a curved iron
stilet, with the curve continued to the point, and more bent than the ..."
4. Practical Observations in Surgery: Illustrated by Cases by William Hey (1814)
"I immediately perceived, that as soon as the stilet is moved, the curvature ...
In the operation, therefore, by this motion of the stilet, the point of the ..."
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