stylet noun. ['stʌɪlɪt] L17.
[French, from Italian STILETTO.]
1. Medicine. A slender probe. Also, a wire run through a catheter or cannula in order to stiffen it or to clear it. L17.

2. a. Botany. = STYLE noun 3. Only in E18.
b. Zoology & Entomology. = STYLE noun 4, 5; esp. (a) the dorsal part of the shaft of a bee's sting; (b) a piercing insect mouthpart. M19.

3. A pointed marking instrument; spec. a kind of pencil for the use of the blind. E19.

4. A stiletto, a dagger. E19.

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