Definition of point

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Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.

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Late :: Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early..
Light :: Light (n.) Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light..
Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) That which disappoints.
Quinquevir :: Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Pointsma.
End :: End (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence..
Whither :: Whither (adv.) To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
Acorn :: Acorn (n.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral..
Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..
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..
Arcograph :: Arcograph (n.) An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another; as, to proceed with a story or argument..
Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..
Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Acute :: Acute (a.) Sharp at the end; ending in a sharp point; pointed; -- opposed to blunt or obtuse; as, an acute angle; an acute leaf..
Trinodal :: Trinodal (a.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem..
Chancroid :: Chancroid (n.) A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre..
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