Definition of point

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Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer..

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Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
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..
Bitangent :: Bitangent (a.) Possessing the property of touching at two points.
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Adducent :: Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
Constituent :: Constituent (a.) Having the power of electing or appointing.
Disapointed :: Disapointed (imp. & p. p.) of Disappoin.
Steel :: Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax..
Office :: Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices..
Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..
Septentrionate :: Septentrionate (v. i.) To tend or point toward the north; to north.
Preappointment :: Preappointment (n.) Previous appointment.
Beaked :: Beaked (a.) Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth..
Corymb :: Corymb (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn..
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Res :: Res (n.) A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.
Stick-seed :: Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony..
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Spit :: Spit (n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand..
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