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noun
The action of the verb to point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, proscribed, singular, sometimes, uncountable, usually
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noun
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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noun
In Anglican chant:
The practice of placing metrical marks in a text (typically a psalm), which indicate the syllables on which the chant should progress to the next note, as well as features such as pauses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: Anglicanism
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
In Anglican chant:
A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: Anglicanism
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Synonym of nikud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: nikud
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verb
present participle and gerund of point
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
From point + -ing.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
