Definition of Stilter

1. one who walks on stilts [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilter

stillstands
stillwaterite
stilly
stilpnomelane
stilpnomelanes
stilpnosiderite
stilpnosiderites
stilt
stilt plover
stiltbird
stiltbirds
stilted
stiltedly
stiltedness
stiltednesses
stilter (current term)
stilters
stiltier
stiltiest
stiltified
stiltifies
stiltify
stiltifying
stilting
stiltings
stiltish
stilts
stiltwalker
stiltwalkers
stilty

Literary usage of Stilter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"sneered stilter. ' It's not too late yet to give Clancy a chance of distinguishing ... stilter, seeing the way clear to revenging himself upon his enemy, ..."

2. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William George Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1888)
"... men to expect that the Christ should stilTer, and that He should be the first that shoul I ri-ч ..."

3. Steam Turbines: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise for Engineers and by James Ambrose Moyer (1914)
"In reaction turbines it can be reduced by making a shorter and stilTer shaft. Bearing Friction. This loss is due to the friction of the shaft in its ..."

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