Definition of point

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Point (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do..

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Cuspis :: Cuspis (n.) A point; a sharp end.
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..
Special :: Special (n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion.
Picket :: Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance..
Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..
Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..
Point :: Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge..
Chase :: Chase (v.) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point..
Probe-pointed :: Probe-pointed (a.) Having a blunt or button-shaped extremity; -- said of cutting instruments.
Teller :: Teller (n.) One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the king..
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..
Place :: Place (n.) To put or set in a particular rank, office, or position; to surround with particular circumstances or relations in life; to appoint to certain station or condition of life; as, in whatever sphere one is placed..
Crown :: Crown (n.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only..
Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..
Committee :: Committee (n.) One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together..
Pick :: Pick (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket..
"adonist :: Adonist (n.) One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah are really the vowel points of the word Adonai. See Jehovist..
Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle..
Apsis :: Apsis (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum..
Gazetteer :: Gazetteer (n.) A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority..
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