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Point |
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Point |
That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. |
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Point |
An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer. |
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Point |
Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. |
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Point |
The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. |
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Point-blank |
The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. |
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Point-blank |
With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. |
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Point-blank |
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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Point-blank |
Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark. |
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Point-blank |
Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; -- said of language; as, a point-blank assertion. |
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Point-blank |
In a point-blank manner. |
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Point d'appui |
See under Appui. |
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Point-device |
Alt. of Point-devise |
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Point-devise |
Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. |
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Point-device |
Alt. of Point-devise |
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Point-devise |
Exactly. |
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Cover-point |
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
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Dew-point |
The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
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Dust-point |
An old rural game. |
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Libration point |
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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