'Pointing' definitions:
Definition of 'Pointing'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. [1913 Webster]
- Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pointing'
From: GCIDE
- Pointing \Point"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of sharpening. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Pointing'
- At all points,
- At point,
- At the point,
- In point,
- In the point,
- On the point,
- Point,
- Pointed,
- Pointedly,
- To point at,
- To point off,
- on that point,
- point after,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- point up,
- pointing out,
- to the point,
- Anchor Point,
- Arrow Point,
- Bay Point,
- Bayonet Point,
- Bemus Point,
- Big Point,
- Black Point,
- Blue Point,
- Boca Pointe,
- Boiling point,
- Breezy Point,
- Broeck Pointe,
- Brussels point,
- Camden Point,
- Camp Point,
- Canal Point,
- Carbon point,
- Cardinal points,
- Carneys Point,
- Castle Point,
- Cedar Point,
- Center Point,
- Center Point, IN,
- Central Point,
- Central Point, OR,
- Charcoal point,
- Church Point,
- Clark's Point,
- Commercial Point,
- Conjugate point,
- Consequent points,
- Crown Point,
- Crown Point, IN,
- Dana Point,
- Dead point,
- Decimal point,
- Dexter point,
- Dollar Point,
- Double point,
- Dry point,
- Eagle Point,
- Eagle Point, OR,
- East Point,
- Elk Point,
- Equinoctial points,
- Erlands Point,
- Far point,
- Fess point,
- Fiducial point,
- Finley Point,
- Five Points,
- Flash point,
- Flashing point,
- Fox Point,
- Freezing point,
- Friars Point,
- Fusing point,
- Gauge point,
- Gloucester Point,
- Grosse Pointe,
- Hawk Point,
- Heart point,
- High Point,
- Honor point,
- Hunts Point,
- Imaginary points,
- Indian Point,
- Inverse points,
- Iroquois Point,
- Kings Point,
- Kittery Point,
- Kittery Point, ME,
- Libration point,
- Lighthouse Point,
- Long Point,
- Lowell Point,
- Lubber's point,
- Median point,
- Melting point,
- Middle Point,
- Mineral Point,
- Moot point,
- Morgan's Point,
- Moss Point,
- Myrtle Point,
- Myrtle Point, OR,
- Navel point,
- Nodal point,
- Oak Point,
- Pernitas Point,
- Physical point,
- Picnic Point,
- Pilot Point,
- Pine Point,
- Pitch point,
- Pitkas Point,
- Point Arena,
- Point Baker,
- Point Blank,
- Point Clear,
- Point Comfort,
- Point Hope,
- Point Lay,
- Point Lookout,
- Point MacKenzie,
- Point Marion,
- Point Pleasant,
- Point alphabet,
- Point lace,
- Point man,
- Point net,
- Point of Rocks,
- Point of concurrence,
- Point of distance,
- Point of honor,
- Point of inflection,
- Point of order,
- Point of sight,
- Point of view,
- Point paper,
- Point switch,
- Point, TX,
- Pointe Coupee,
- Pointed arch,
- Pointed style,
- Points of support,
- Points of suspension,
- Points of the compass,
- Power of a point,
- Powhatan Point,
- Priest Point,
- Principal point,
- Quarter point,
- Radiant point,
- Ray point,
- Reed Point,
- Reef points,
- Regression point,
- Rock Point,
- Rocky Point,
- Rouses Point,
- Row of points,
- Russells Point,
- Sand Point,
- Sands Point,
- Seven Points,
- Sewall's Point,
- Shady Point,
- Sheldon Point,
- Shell Point,
- Singular point,
- Smokey Point,
- Sodus Point,
- Somers Point,
- South Point,
- Starting point,
- Stevens Point,
- Sticking point,
- Stony Point,
- Strategic point,
- Strawberry Point,
- Supraorbital point,
- Three Points,
- To be at the boiling point,
- To gain a point,
- To give points,
- To make a point,
- To make a point of,
- To mark a point,
- To point a rope,
- To point a sail,
- To point the yards,
- To point well,
- To score a point,
- To strain a point,
- To turn the point of,
- To weather a point,
- Trois point,
- Tuck pointing,
- Turning point,
- Umbilical point,
- Union Point,
- Vaccine point,
- Vanishing point,
- Vantage point,
- Visual point,
- Vowel point,
- West Point,
- Whitney Point,
- Wills Point,
- Wind Point,
- Wolf Point,
- Working point,
- Yarrow Point,
- Zero point,
- alveolar point,
- auricular point,
- beside the point,
- blue pointed,
- breaker point,
- breaking point,
- case in point,
- celestial point,
- compass point,
- craniometric point,
- critical point,
- curie point,
- data point,
- dew point,
- diamond point,
- distributor point,
- end point,
- equinoctial point,
- exclamation point,
- extra point,
- extreme point,
- focal point,
- full point,
- geographic point,
- geographical point,
- grade point,
- gros point,
- in point of fact,
- interrogation point,
- intersection point,
- jugal point,
- limit point,
- main point,
- make a point,
- make a point of,
- match point,
- mcburney's point,
- orbital point,
- pedal point,
- percentage point,
- petit point,
- point after touchdown,
- point duty,
- point in time,
- point jam,
- point mutation,
- point of accumulation,
- point of apoapsis,
- point of departure,
- point of entry,
- point of intersection,
- point of no return,
- point of periapsis,
- point of reference,
- point source,
- point system,
- point the way,
- point woman,
- pointed wart,
- pointing trowel,
- power point,
- pressure point,
- rallying point,
- reference point,
- saturation point,
- selling point,
- set point,
- stopping point,
- strong point,
- suspension point,
- talking point,
- terminal point,
- topographic point,
- weak point,
- well point,
- Black Point-Green Point,
- Anchor Point, AK,
- Arrow Point, MO,
- Barbers Point Housing,
- Bay Point, CA,
- Bayonet Point, FL,
- Bemus Point, NY,
- Big Point, MS,
- Black Point, CA,
- Black Point-Green Point, CA,
- Blue Point, NY,
- Boca Pointe, FL,
- Breezy Point, MN,
- Bristle-pointed,
- Broeck Pointe, KY,
- Camden Point, MO,
- Camp Point, IL,
- Canal Point, FL,
- Cape May Point,
- Carneys Point, NJ,
- Castle Point, MO,
- Cedar Point, IL,
- Cedar Point, KS,
- Cedar Point, NC,
- Center Point, AL,
- Center Point, IA,
- Church Point, LA,
- Circular points at infinity,
- Clark's Point, AK,
- Commercial Point, OH,
- Cover-point,
- Crown Point, AK,
- Dana Point, CA,
- Dew-point,
- Dollar Point, CA,
- East Point, GA,
- Elk Point, SD,
- Erlands Point, WA,
- Estoile of eight points,
- Estoile of four points,
- Finley Point, MT,
- Five Points, AL,
- Five Points, FL,
- Five Points, NC,
- Five Points, OH,
- Fox Point, WI,
- Friars Point, MS,
- Gloucester Point, VA,
- Grosse Pointe Farms,
- Grosse Pointe Park,
- Grosse Pointe Shores,
- Grosse Pointe Woods,
- Grosse Pointe, MI,
- Groton Long Point,
- Hawk Point, MO,
- High Point, FL,
- High Point, NC,
- Hunts Point, WA,
- Indian Point, MO,
- Iroquois Point, HI,
- Isolated point of a curve,
- Kings Point, FL,
- Kings Point, MT,
- Kings Point, NY,
- Lighthouse Point, FL,
- Long Point, IL,
- Lowell Point, AK,
- Masoretic points and accents,
- Middle Point, OH,
- Mineral Point, MO,
- Mineral Point, WI,
- Morgan's Point Resort,
- Morgan's Point, TX,
- Moss Point, MS,
- Needle-pointed,
- New York point,
- Nine points circle,
- Nine points of the law,
- Oak Point, FL,
- Oak Point, TX,
- Pernitas Point, TX,
- Picnic Point, WA,
- Pilot Point, AK,
- Pilot Point, TX,
- Pine Point, MN,
- Piney Point Village,
- Pitkas Point, AK,
- Point Arena, CA,
- Point Baker, AK,
- Point Blank, TX,
- Point Clear, AL,
- Point Comfort, TX,
- Point Hope, AK,
- Point Lay, AK,
- Point Lookout, NY,
- Point MacKenzie, AK,
- Point Marion, PA,
- Point Pleasant Beach,
- Point Pleasant, NJ,
- Point Pleasant, WV,
- Point Reyes Station,
- Point appliqu'e,
- Point d'appui,
- Point of Rocks, WY,
- Point of contrary flexure,
- Point system of type,
- Point-blank,
- Point-device,
- Point-devise,
- Pointe Coupee Parish,
- Pointe Coupee, LA,
- Powhatan Point, OH,
- Priest Point, WA,
- Probe-pointed,
- Projection of a point on a plane,
- Reed Point, MT,
- Rock Point, AZ,
- Rocky Point, MT,
- Rocky Point, NY,
- Rouses Point, NY,
- Russells Point, OH,
- Sand Point, AK,
- Sands Point, NY,
- Seven Points, TX,
- Sewall's Point, FL,
- Shady Point, OK,
- Sheldon Point, AK,
- Shell Point, SC,
- Singular point in a curve,
- Six points circle,
- Smokey Point, WA,
- Sodus Point, NY,
- Somers Point, NJ,
- South Point, OH,
- South Point, TX,
- St. Marys Point,
- Stevens Point, WI,
- Stony Point, MI,
- Stony Point, NC,
- Stony Point, NY,
- Stony Point, OK,
- Strawberry Point, IA,
- Three Points, AZ,
- Three-pointed,
- To carry one's point,
- Union Point, GA,
- West Point, AL,
- West Point, AR,
- West Point, CA,
- West Point, GA,
- West Point, IA,
- West Point, IL,
- West Point, KY,
- West Point, MS,
- West Point, NE,
- West Point, NY,
- West Point, UT,
- West Point, VA,
- Whitney Point, NY,
- Wills Point, TX,
- Wind Point, WI,
- Wolf Point, MT,
- Yarrow Point, WA,
- blue point siamese,
- cardinal compass point,
- dust-point,
- finger-pointing,
- five-pointed,
- fourfold point correlation,
- grade point average,
- jumping-off point,
- point-of-sale,
- pointed-toe,
- sharp-pointed