Vocabulary : Pointed to Pointsman
Pointed : of Point ;; Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. ;; Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.Pointel : See Pointal.
Pointer : One who, or that which, points. ;; The hand of a timepiece. ;; One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. ;; The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. ;; Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Pointing : of Point ;; The act of sharpening. ;; The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. ;; The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. ;; The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used. ;; The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. ;; 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.
Pointingstock : An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock.
