well-pointedadj.1
/ˌwɛlˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/ Of a weapon, tool, etc.: having a sharp point or points.
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c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 14787 He toke his swerd that wel coude schere, It was trenchaund & wel poynted.
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 5831 (MED) He dide make an ouerthwert dik..& þer-on a pale wel y-poynt.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 21 With the Rodde or Staffe well poynted, the plowman maketh cleane his Coulter.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Oo Her welpointed wepons.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 79 The needle setled freely upon a wel pointed pinne. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 217 Some sharp and well pointed Tool.
1745 N. Hooke Rom. Hist. II. iv. xxi. 163 The Spaniards short and well pointed blades proper both for striking and thrusting.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 349 A well-pointed punch of German steel.
1861 I. B. Brown On Surg. Dis. Women (rev. ed.) x. 235 A better practice is to excise the tumour with a pair of scissors, or a small well-pointed knife.
1957 Pop. Sci. Jan. 168 You'd never have to hunt for a well-pointed pencil if you had a combination clip and sharpener like this.
2011 R. Zelade Central Texas 133 A sharp, well-pointed knife is the only eating utensil a real man needs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
well-pointedadj.2
/ˈwɛlˌpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈwɛlˌpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/ Civil Engineering.
Fitted with well points.
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1958 J. S. Scott Dict. Civil Engin. 409 An excavation in sand cannot become quick if effectively wellpointed.
1975 M. J. Stanford New Enterprise Managem. xviii. 239 lt is necessary that the digging and pipe laying move as rapidly as possible through the recently well-pointed ground so that seepage of water back into the trenches will not negate the results of the well-point operation.
2002 Northwest Florida Daily News 27 Nov. a4 15-foot-deep wellpointed hole would be required to fix a serious problem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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