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pointing

[poin-ting]

noun

  1. (in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork.



pointing

/ ˈɔɪԳɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or process of repairing or finishing joints in brickwork, masonry, etc, with mortar

    1. the insertion of marks to indicate the chanting of a psalm or the vowels in a Hebrew text

    2. the sequence of marks so inserted

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • unpointing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pointing1

First recorded in 1835–45; point + -ing 1
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The unsportsmanlike aspect of the protest was about Russell pointing out that Verstappen had overtaken him in those circumstances.

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And you saw some pushback on that, certainly from the progressive judges at oral argument, pointing out that that's not actually what the law here says.

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Baier didn't buy it, pointing out that U.S. intelligence has found no proof of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.

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“There were already signs pointing to the unsustainability of the number of shows and the number of streamers,” he said.

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One of them was pointing his weapon at her and ordered her to come out of the house, she said.

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