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- English Word Point-blank Definition With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.
- English Word Point-blank Definition Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.
- English Word Point-blank Definition Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion.
- English Word Point-blank Definition In a point-blank manner.
- English Word Point-device Definition Alt. of Point-devise
- English Word Point-device Definition Alt. of Point-devise
- English Word Point-devise Definition Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
- English Word Point-devise Definition Exactly.
- English Word Pointal Definition The pistil of a plant.
- English Word Pointal Definition A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
- English Word Pointal Definition See Poyntel.
- English Word Pointed Definition of Point
- English Word Pointed Definition Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
- English Word Pointed Definition Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.
- English Word Pointel Definition See Pointal.
- English Word Pointer Definition One who, or that which, points.
- English Word Pointer Definition The hand of a timepiece.
- English Word Pointer Definition One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen.
- English Word Pointer Definition The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star.
- English Word Pointer Definition Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.