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pointing
CIDE DICTIONARY
pointing, n.
- The act of sharpening. [1913 Webster]
- The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. [1913 Webster]
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. [1913 Webster]
- The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used. [1913 Webster]
- The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pointing, n.
1 cement or mortar filling the joints of brickwork.
2 facing produced by this.
3 the process of producing this.
1 cement or mortar filling the joints of brickwork.
2 facing produced by this.
3 the process of producing this.
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