styling

noun

1. a sharp, slender, pointed instrument used by the ancients in writing on wax tablets
2. any of several devices, etc. similar in shape or use; specif.,
   1. Obsolete a pen
   2. an etching needle
   3. an engraving tool
   4. the pointer on a dial, chart, etc.
   5. the gnomon of a sundial
   6. Bot. the slender, stalklike part of a carpel between the stigma and the ovary
   7. Zool. a small, pointed projection or bristlelike process, as on some insects
3. 1. manner or mode of expression in language, as distinct from the ideas expressed; way of using words to express thoughts
   2. specific or characteristic manner of expression, execution, construction, or design, in any art, period, work, employment, etc. the Byzantine style, modern style
4. distinction, excellence, originality, and character in any form of artistic or literary expression an author who lacks style
5. the way in which anything is made or done
6. 1. the current, fashionable way of dressing, speaking, acting, etc.
   2. something stylish; esp., a garment of current, smart design
   3. a fashionable, luxurious existence to live in style
7. distinction and elegance of manner and bearing
8. form of address; title entitled to the style of Mayor
9. sort; kind; variety; type
10. a way of reckoning time, dates, etc.
11. Printing a particular manner of dealing with spelling, punctuation, word division, etc., as by a specific publisher, newspaper, etc.

Etymology: ME < L stilus (sp. infl. by unrelated Gr stylos, pillar) < IE base *(s)tei-, pointed > L stimulus

transitive verb styled, styling styl′·ing

1. to name; call Abraham Lincoln, styled the Great Emancipator
2. ☆ to design the style of
3. to treat (hair) by cutting, blow-drying, coloring, etc. in order to achieve a desired, usually fashionable, style
4. to bring into accord with an accepted style, as of a publisher; normalize spelling, punctuation, etc. of