Definition of point

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Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line..

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Parse :: Parse (n.) To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically..
Assign :: Assign (v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..
Plant :: Plant (n.) To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face..
Thermobarometer :: Thermobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.
Quinze :: Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points..
Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..
Interpunction :: Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.
Nub :: Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story..
Bilk :: Bilk (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor..
Circle :: Circle (n.) A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
Extremity :: Extremity (n.) The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form.
Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..
Deputy :: Deputy (n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc..
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.
Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
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