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Webster 1913 Edition
Pointing
Point′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of sharpening.
2.
The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
3.
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
4.
The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
5.
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pointing
POINT'ING
,ppr.
1.
Marking with points; as a writing.2.
Filling the joints and crevices of a wall with mortar or cement.POINT'ING
,Noun.
1.
The state of being pointed with marks or points.Definition 2024
pointing
pointing
English
Noun
pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings)
- The action of the verb to point.
- 1939, Coleman Roberts Griffith, Psychology Applied to Teaching and Learning
- For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.
- 1939, Coleman Roberts Griffith, Psychology Applied to Teaching and Learning
- (usually singular or collective) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together. This is not strictly speaking correct word to use in this context, mortar would be the correct word, or joint filling. (or perhaps applies in the US only) This term is often misused as meaning mortar or joint filling, as 'repointing' is the action of making good and repairing of joints between stone.
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
- (art) 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.
Derived terms
- Earth-pointing
- Sun-pointing
Verb
pointing
- present participle of point