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Stiletto vs Herl - What's the difference?

stiletto | herl |

As a verb stiletto

is .

As a noun herl is

(obsolete) a strand of hair.

stiletto

English

(wikipedia stiletto)

Noun

  • A short sharp knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
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    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto , which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
  • A rapier.
  • An awl.
  • A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (stiletto heel).
  • A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
  • * Ford
    • The very quack of fashions, the very he that / Wears a stiletto on his chin.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.

    • Derived terms

    * stiletto heel

    Verb

  • To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
    • ----

    herl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A strand of hair
  • The fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling
  • An artificial fly made with this barb

    • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989

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