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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stele \Ste"le\ (st[=e]"l[=e]), noun [NL.] Same as {Stela}.
One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stele \Stele\ (st[=e]l), noun [See {Stale} a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --Holland.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stale \Stale\ (st[=a]l), noun [OE. stale, stele, AS. st[ae]l, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleo'n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, noun] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also {steal}, {stele}, etc.]
But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stele
noun
1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the axis of a vascular plant
2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: {stela}] [also: {stelae} (pl)]
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