POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
Point`-de*vice", Point`-de*vise", adv.
Defn: Exactly. [Obs.] Shak.
POINTED
Point"ed, a.
1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope. Pointed arch (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. — Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; — more commonly called Gothic. — Point"ed*ly, adv. — Point"ed*ness, n.
POINTEL
Point"el, n. Etym: [From Point. Cf. Pointal.]
Defn: See Pointal.
POINTER
Point"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, points. Specifically: (a) The hand of a timepiece. (b) (Zoöl.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. (c) pl. (Astron.)
Defn: The two stars (Merak and Dubhe) in the Great Bear, the line between which points nearly in the direction of the north star. See Illust. of Ursa Major. (b) pl. (Naut.)