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The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion.
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Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.
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A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
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Pointed as needles.
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Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
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Alt. of Point-devise
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With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory.
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Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.
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See Pointal.
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Without point.
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Alt. of Point-devise
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One who, or that which, points.
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The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
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In a point-blank manner.
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With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.
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One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.
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The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
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any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
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Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
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