\Ste"le\, n. [NL.]
Same as {Stela}.
      One of these steles, containing the Greek version of
      the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I.
                                               Taylor (The
                                               Alphabet).

\Stele\, n. [See {Stale} a handle.]
A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.