Definition of point

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Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below..

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Upright :: Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree..
Crotch :: Crotch (n.) The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree..
Apsis :: Apsis (n.) One of the two points of an orbit, as of a planet or satellite, which are at the greatest and least distance from the central body, corresponding to the aphelion and perihelion of a planet, or to the apogee and perigee of the moon. The more distant is called the higher apsis; the other, the lower apsis; and the line joining them, the line of apsides..
Eparterial :: Eparterial (a.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
Insertion :: Insertion (n.) The point or part by which a muscle or tendon is attached to the part to be moved; -- in contradistinction to its origin.
Vice :: Vice (prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned..
Reappoint :: Reappoint (v. t.) To appoint again.
Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Cheval-de-frise :: Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Curvature :: Curvature (n.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point..
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Berth :: Berth (n.) An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
Here :: Here (adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument; now..
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
Spiccato :: Spiccato (a.) Detached; separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct and pointed manner.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Constituent :: Constituent (n.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
Matador :: Matador (n.) The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.
Countergage :: Countergage (n.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made..
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