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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Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..
Unicursal :: Unicursal (a.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /.
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Fellow :: Fellow (n.) In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges..
Zero :: Zero (n.) Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero..
Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..
Disappointment :: Disappointment (n.) That which disappoints.
Crib :: Crib (n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
Hysteroepilepsy :: Hysteroepilepsy (n.) A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body..
Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..
By-speech :: By-speech (n.) An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..
Cape :: Cape (n.) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland..
Assignment :: Assignment (n.) An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court..
Detail :: Detail (n.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron..
Aspect :: Aspect (n.) Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south..
Fescue :: Fescue (n.) A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read..
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
Reach :: Reach (v. i.) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam..
Rove :: Rove (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range)..
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