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[ From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came. ] A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hasta a spear. ] (Bot.) Same as Hastate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hostilis, from hostis enemy: cf. F. hostile. See Host an army. ] Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

Syn. -- Warlike; inimical; unfriendly; antagonistic; opposed; adverse; opposite; contrary; repugnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural. [ Colloq. ] P. H. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hostile manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Finance) the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management. A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a corporate raider.
Syn. -- hostile buyout. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See Pestilent. ] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pestilence that walketh in darkness. Ps. xci. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent. ] Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. “Corrupt and pestilent.” Milton. “What a pestilent knave is this same!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pestilentiel. ] 1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. “Sends the pestilential vapors.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Pestilently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pestilential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. “Above all measure pestilently noisome.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being pestilent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also postiller. ] One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Style. ] 1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mode of composition. See Style. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

May I not write in such a stile as this? Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from stīgan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. √164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Stair. ] 1. A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

There comes my master . . . over the stile, this way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions, and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when horizontal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging stile,
Pulley stile. See under Hanging, and Pulley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also stilette, and stylet. ] 1. A stiletto. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) See Stylet, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stilettos [ It., dim. of stilo a dagger, fr. L. stilus a pointed instrument. See Style for writing, and cf. Stylet. ] 1. A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The very quack of fashions, the very he that
Wears a stiletto on his chin. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stilettoed p. pr. & vb. n. Stilettoing ] To stab or kill with a stiletto. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Dialing) See Substyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A similar arrangement for registering the number of persons passing through a gateway, doorway, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]