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A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing; spec. = point, n.1 16c. Obsolete.
A dot or other small mark used in writing or printing. A dot or point used in writing or printing, such as the dot over the letter i, a punctuation…
any of the marks, as a full stop, comma, semicolon, etc., used in the punctuation of text; also figurative.