Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Stiletto

Stiletto , noun

[Italian, dim. of stilo a dagger, from Latin stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for writing, and compare Stylet.]

1.
A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
2.
A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
3.
A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obsolete]
The very quack of fashions, the very he that Wears a stiletto on his chin. — Ford

Stiletto , transitive verb

To stab or kill with a stiletto. — Bacon