Pointing
['pɔɪntɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Point
(n.) The act of sharpening.
(n.) The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
(n.) The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
(n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
(n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
(n.) 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.
Editor: Robert
Examples
- He said that if he had permission he would move so and so (pointing out how) against the Confederates, and that he could whip them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Don't holler till you're out of the wood, sir, said Gurt dryly, pointing to the sea. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Surely the plain inference that follows needs no pointing out? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Is the hand not always pointing there? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sign there, he repeated, turning suddenly on Laura, and pointing once more to the place on the parchment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Look at that, James and Mr. Crawley, cried Mrs. Bute, pointing at the scared figure of the black-eyed, guilty wench. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tom, said Eva, suddenly stopping, and pointing to the lake, there 't is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This gentleman,' said Silas Wegg, pointing out Venus, 'this gentleman, Boffin, is more milk and watery with you than I'll be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I found by their pointing towards me and to each other, that they plainly discovered me, although they made no return to my shouting. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- To blow the bridge is nothing, Golz had said, the lamplight on his scarred, shaved head, pointing with a pencil on the big map. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There she stands, pointing to a rude image of the Virgin Mary, see if she can avert the fate that awaits thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There, then,' said the fat boy, putting the reins in his hand, and pointing up a lane, 'it's as straight as you can go; you can't miss it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She turned to the lawyer, and, pointing to Mr. Ablewhite, asked haughtily, What does he mean? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Many analogous facts, all pointing in the same direction, could be added. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They were conversing together in low tones, and gesticulating and pointing toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typed by Anton