POINT
NOUNS
► ACUMINATION 1. the product of sharpening; a tapering point → 1659
2. the act of sharpening or bringing to a point → 1837
► CACUMEN a top or point
► NEB the tip or point of anything; the peak of a cap or bonnet; the toe of a shoe; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part → 1611
► PRICKET a thorn, a prickle; a small sharp point or spike → 1663 obs.
► RANNY-POINT a long, sharp point → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANG anything ending in a point; a knife; a piece of iron used for fencing → 1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TAPPIE-TOORIE anything raised very high to a point → 1895 Sc.
► TINE the prong of a fork; the point of any implement → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIPLET a small or minute tip or point → 1890
► YARRAGE an edge, corner, sharp point → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ACUMINATE to rise or taper to a point → 1641 obs.
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