stiletto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. Doublet of stylet.

noun

1. A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
2. A rapier.
3. An awl.
4. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
5. (obsolete, historical) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

verb

1. (transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
   The recollection of former atrocities by the populace in plundering the city and stilettoing the inhabitants, is sufficiently fresh in the remembrance of the government to serve as an additional stimulus to prevent similar disorders. 1834, Henry Tudor, Narrative of a Tour in North America