POINT'ING, participle present tense Directing the finger; showing; directing. 1. Marking with points; as a writing. 2. Filling the joints and crevices of a wall with mortar or cement. POINT'ING, noun The art of making the divisions of a writing; punctuation. 1. The state of being pointed with marks or points.
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