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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Digit :: Digit (v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
Foible :: Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.
Era :: Era (n.) A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned..
Gad :: Gad (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead..
Prod :: Prod (n.) A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc..
Spangle :: Spangle (v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Picked :: Picked (a.) Pointed; sharp.
Quinze :: Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust a weapon at.
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment..
Amphioxus :: Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc..
Cuspidal :: Cuspidal (a.) Ending in a point.
Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like..
Water Chestnut :: Water chestnut () The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop..
Cephalaspis :: Cephalaspis (n.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points..
Peck :: Peck (v.) Hence: To strike, pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument; especially, to strike, pick, etc., with repeated quick movements..
Piked :: Piked (a.) Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To nominate; to appoint.
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