Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STILE
STILE, n.2 [Sax. stigel, a step, ladder, from stigan, to step, to walk, to ascend; G. stegel; Dan. steil, from stiger, to rise, to step up; Sw. steg, a step, stiga, to step. See Stair.]
A step or set of steps for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall. – Swift.
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