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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
pointed pointing point vowel points vocalize to point a rope 
to point a sail to point off to point the yards 

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