Pointing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Point \Point\ (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.]
     1. 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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     2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
        a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
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     3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
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              Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
              Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.
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     4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
        point a composition.
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     5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with {vowel
        points}; -- also called {vocalize}.
  
     Syn: vocalize. [1913 Webster + RP]
  
     6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
        special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
        error was pointed out. --Pope.
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              He points it, however, by no deviation from his
              straightforward manner of speech.     --Dickens.
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     7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
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     8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
        introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
        to a smooth surface.
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     9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
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     {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
        end by interweaving the nettles.
  
     {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
        holes of the reefs.
  
     {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to
        separate, by pointing, as figures.
  
     {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
        that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pointing \Point"ing\, n.
     1. The act of sharpening.
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     2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by
        means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
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     3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
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     4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry
        with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
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     5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the
        first process of high milling.
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     6. (Sculpt.) The act or process of measuring, at the various
        distances from the surface of a block of marble, the
        surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process
        used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pointing
       adj : that points