Definition of point

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Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..

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Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
Pin :: Pin (n.) Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc..
Hackly :: Hackly (a.) Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron..
Exorbitant :: Exorbitant (a.) Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims..
Tagger :: Tagger (n.) That which is pointed like a tag.
Steam :: Steam (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..
Pleadings :: Pleadings (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point..
Chorepiscopus :: Chorepiscopus (n.) A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district..
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
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..
Designative :: Designative (a.) Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
Nib :: Nib (n.) A small and pointed thing or part; a point; a prong.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Random :: Random (n.) A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface..
Time :: Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be..
Piezometer :: Piezometer (n.) A gauge connected with a water main to show the pressure at that point.
Punctum :: Punctum (n.) A point.
Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.
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