Definition of point

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Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

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Brief :: Brief (a.) An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument..
Point :: Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman..
Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.
Tricuspidate :: Tricuspidate (a.) Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf..
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Being at, or pertaining to, midday; belonging to, or passing through, the highest point attained by the sun in his diurnal course..
Penguin :: Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges..
Quodlibet :: Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
Punctilio :: Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork..
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Act :: Act (n.) Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing)..
Palette :: Palette (n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
Nibbed :: Nibbed (a.) Having a nib or point.
"""election " :: Election (a.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the five points of Calvinism..
Irrotational :: Irrotational (a.) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; -- said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass.
Translation :: Translation (n.) Motion in which all the points of the moving body have at any instant the same velocity and direction of motion; -- opposed to rotation.
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
Prick :: Prick (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour..
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