WordNet Dictionary- [n] a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
- [n] a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Sty"lus\, n. In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound.
\Sty"lus\, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.] An instrument for writing. See {Style}, n., 1.