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stilium

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Searchable Lemmata: stilium (L).
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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Manufacture; a spindle.(circa 800 - ante 1100)
1. Stilium : spinel. [DOE CorpGl 2 (Hessels) (7456 (17.552))]
c.f.: spindle
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, a late Latin derivation of stilus 'pointed stick, stake, pale, stylus'.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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