(v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets
covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt,
and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing
the wax.
(v. t.) Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or
use.
(v. t.) A pen; an author's pen.
(v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
(v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
(v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles
of insects.
(v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which
indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
(v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the
stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
(v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or
written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought
as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement
of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
(v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the
fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or
accomplishing a result.
(v. t.) Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is
deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
(v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated;
the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of
address; as, the style of Majesty.
(v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and
Gregorian calendars.
(v. t.) To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
