A sharp, tapering end or tip. A sharp end to which anything tapers, used for pricking, piercing, scratching, pointing out, etc.; as of a weapon…
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释义 | the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [noun] > a point (13) pointc1300 A sharp, tapering end or tip. A sharp end to which anything tapers, used for pricking, piercing, scratching, pointing out, etc.; as of a weapon… neb?a1425 gen. A projecting part or point, as a peak, tip, toe, spout, etc.; the extremity of anything ending in a point or narrowed part. Cf. nib, n.1 4a. peakc1450 A projecting point; a pointed or tapering extremity; †a beak, a bill (obsolete). Now rare or merged in sense A. 8a. peck1481 A projecting point, a peak. Also: a wedge-shaped piece of land, esp. at the corner of a field. Now English regional (chiefly south-west midlands). cag1604 A stiff point. sharp1633 The termination of anything which is pointed or which tapers to a point. Obsolete. rare. acuminate1640 A pointed form. Obsolete. rare. cuspis1646 = cusp, n., in various senses. cusp1647 gen. A point, pointed end, apex, peak; an ornament of a pointed form. acumination1651 A pointed or tapering part; (Mineralogy) †a part of a crystal regarded as notionally resulting from acumination (sense 2) (obsolete). Now chiefly B… nib1713 gen. The point or tip of something; a peak, projecting part, or pointed extremity. Cf. neb, n. 5a. spit-point1796 a sharp slender point. Subcategories:— small (1) |
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