style

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.countablehistoricaluncountable

• Thus while his Thoughts the lingring Day beguile, / To gentle Arcite let us turn our Style; [...]

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.countableuncountable

• From Job xix. 24. it appears to have been usual in his day, to write or engrave upon Plates of Lead, which might easily be done with a Pen, or Graver, or Style of Iron, or other hard metal.

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.countableuncountable

• Laſt of all fit a Triangular Iron, whoſe angular point being laid to the Center of the Dyal Plane, one ſide muſt agree with the Subſtilar Line, and its other ſide with the Stilar Line; ſo is the Stile made. And this Stile you muſt erect per

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.countableuncountable

• The calyx of Theophraſta is a ſmall, permanent perianthium, divided into five obtuſe ſegments, making obtuſe angles alſo with one another: [...] the ſtyle is ſubulated, and ſhorter than the corolla: the ſtigma is acute.

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.countableuncountable

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; A small, thin, pointed body part.countableuncountable

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.; A small, thin, pointed body part.countableuncountable

• the anal styles of insects

A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.broadlycountableuncountable

• May I not vvrite in such a ſtile as this? / In ſuch a method too, and yet not miſs / Mine end, thy good? vvhy may it not be done?
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A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.; A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.broadlycountableuncountable

• Near-synonyms: term of address, form of address, title
• Monarchs are often addressed with the style of Majesty.

A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.; A style name.broadlycountableuncountable

To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).transitive

To call or give a name or title to.formaltransitive

• The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.

To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.informaltransitive

To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.USinformalintransitive

Obsolete form of stilealt-ofobsolete

• "Well, ma'am, I crossed over the style that 's there yet, and went along fair and easy, till I was near about the middle of the field, when something made me cast my eyes to the ground, a little before me[.]"