\Stile\, n. [See {Style}.]
1. A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a
   style. See {Style}. --Moxon.
2. Mode of composition. See {Style}. [Obs.]
         May I not write in such a stile as this? --Bunyan.

\Stile\, n. [OE. stile, AS. stigel a step, a ladder, from
st[=i]gan to ascend; akin to OHG. stigila a stile. [root]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.
         There comes my master . . . over the stile, this
         way.                                  --Shak.
         Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
                                               --Bunyan.
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.
Note: 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.
{Hanging stile}, {Pulley stile}. See under {Hanging}, and
   {Pulley}.