stylel (stil)

[Formerly also, and prop., stile; also in def. 1, as L., stylus, prop. stilus; But this my style no living man shall touch, If first I be not forced by base reproach; But like a sheathed sword it shall defend My innocent life. B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. 1. Some wrought in Silks, some writ in tender Barks; Some the sharp Stile in waxen Tables marks. Cowley , Davideis, i. 2. Something similar in form to the instru- ment above described, or in some respect sug- gestive of it. (a) A pointed or needle-like tool, imple- ment, or attachment, as the marking-point in the tele- graph or phonograph, a graver, or an etching-needle. (b) In zoöl . and an at . , a small, slender, pointed proce or part; a styloid or styliform part or organ; a stylet; of sponge- spicules, a stylus. Specifically, in entom .: (1) Same as stylet, 3. (2) The bristle or seta of the antenna of a dipter; a stylus. See cuts under Gordius and Rhynchocola . 3. Mode of expre ion in writing or speaking; characteristic diction; a particular method of expre ing thought by selection or collocation of words, distinct in some respect from other methods, as determined by nationality, period, literary form, individuality, etc.; in an abso- lute sense, appropriate or suitable diction; con- for mity to an approved literary standard: as, the style of Shakspere or of Dickens; antiquated or modern style ; didactic, poetic, or forensic IMG:content-2331.png:[blocks in formation] it under what Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. If thought is the gold, style is the stamp which makes Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 277. 4. Distinctive manner of external presentation; particular mode or form (within more or le variable limits) of construction or execution in any art or employment; the specific or characteristic formation or arrangement of any thing. In this sense the applications of the word style are coextensive with the whole range of productive activity. Styles in the arts are designated according to subject, treatment, origin, school, period, etc.: as, in painting, the landscape, genre, or historical style ; the style of Titian or of Rubens; the Pre raphae lite or the Impre ionist style ; in architecture, the Greek, medieval, and Renai ance styles , the Pointed or the Perpendicular style ; the Louis-Quatorze or the East lake style of furniture; the Florentine style of wood-carving; carpets and rugs in the Persian style ; styles in dre . I don't know in what style I should dre such a figure and countenance, to make anything of them. Cooper , Lionel Lincoln, iii. It [a bed-chamber] is fitted up in the style of Louis XVI. Thackeray, New comes, xlvi. Monte verde, Claudio (1568-1643), the inventor of the "free style " of musical composition, was born at Cremona in 1568. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 785. 5. Particular mode of action or manifestation; physical or mental procedure; manner; way: as, styles of rowing, riding, or walking; styles of acting, singing, or bowing.-6. Mode, as of li living or of appearing; distinctive or characteristic manner or fashion, with reference to appearance, bearing, social relations, etc.; in absolute use, an approved or prevalent mode; superior manner; noticeable elegance; the fashion: as, to live in style; style of deportment or of dre . There are some very homely women who have a style that amounts to something like beauty. H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 68. That otherwise impalpable quality which women call Howells, Indian Summer, ii. style. 7. Hence, in general, fine appearance; dashing character; spirited appearance: as, a horse that shows style.-8. Mode of designation or addre ; a qualifying appellation or title; an epithet distinctive of rank, office, character, or quality. With one voice, sir, The citizens salute you with the style Of King of Naples. Fletcher, Double Marriage, v. 4. Give unto God his due, his reverend style . Middle ton, Solomon Paraphrased, i. 9. In chron., a mode of reckoning time with regard to the Julian and Greg or i an calendars. See calendar. Style is Old or New. The Old Style (abbreviated O. S.) is the reckoning of time according to the Julian calendar, the numbering of the years being that of the tian era. In this reckoning the years have 365 days, except those whose numbers are divisible by 4, which have 366 days. The extra day is inserted in February, and is con IMG:content-2332.png:[ocr errors] his con ecclesiastical reasons, the calendar was reformed by Pope Gregory XIII., by adding 10 days to the date after October 4th, 1582, and thereafter making no years whose numbers end with two ciphers leap-years except those whose significant figures are divisible by 4. The year in New Style always begins with January 1st, but in Old Style there was some diversity of practice. The Greg or i an year accords closely with the tropical year; but otherwise its advantages are merely ecclesiastical and theoretical. This mode of correcting the calendar has been adopted at different times by almost all civilized nations except Ru ia and other countries where the Greek Church is predominant, which still adhere to the Old Style. In England the Greg or i an or New Style (abbreviated N. S. ) was adopted by act of Parliament in 1751, and as one of the years concluding a century in which the additional or intercalary day was to be omitted (the year 1700) had elapsed since the correction by Pope Gregory, it was nece ary to omit 11 instead of 10 days in the current year. Accordingly, 11 days in September, 1752, were retrenched, and the 3d day was reckoned the 14th. The difference between the Old and New Styles is now 12 days. - Attic style. See Attic1. Concertante, Corinthian, crystalline, cushion, discharge style. See the qualifying words. Early English style, a modern factitious style of furniture and decoration, in which some elements of the decoration of the middle ages were used mingled with others. It was characterized by a free use of black and gold, and by designs in color in hard flat patterns of one color relieved upon another. - Florid style of medieval architecture. See florid. Garancin style. Same as madder style. - Geometric style. See geometric. --Jesuit style, in arch. See baroque, 2.- Juridical styles, in Scots law, the particular forms of expre ion IMG:content-2333.png:[blocks in formation] and instruments. - Lacrymal style, a short wire worn in a lacrymal duct in treatment of obstruction of this duct.-Lapidary, madder, monodic, occipital style. See the qualifying words. - Pal estrin a style, in music, the style of church music. Compare a cappella. - Perpendicular style. See perpendicular. - Queen Anne style. See queen1. Rainbow, Renai ance, resist, etc., style. See the qualifying words. - Style of a court, the prac tice observed by any court in its way of proceeding. =Syn. 3. Diction, Phraseology, etc. (See diction.) Inven tion, Style, Amplification, in rhetoric. See invention.-8. Appellation, etc. See namel. stylel (stil), v. t.; pret. and pp. styled, styled, ppr. styl ly also, and prop., stile; (Formerly also, ing. n.] 1. To record with or as with a style; give literary form to; write. Poesy is nothing else but Feigned History, which may be styled as well in prose as in verse. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 2. To give or accord the style or designation of; entitle; denominate; call. He is also stiled the God of the rural inhabitants. Bacon , Fable of Pan. Upon this Title the Kings of England were styled Kings of Jerusalem a long time after. Baker , Chronicles, p. 63. Declared the Deceased Had styled him "a Beast." Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 64.