pointel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pointel
1250–1300; Middle English: stylus, pencil, pointed instrument < Old French: point of a spear ( French pointeau ); cognate with Italian puntello, diminutive of punto point; see -elle
Example Sentences
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In the case of a wine-glass, an assistant boy gathers a small quantity of glass on the end of a small pointel, or solid iron rod.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
Upon the plain wall, “a palm with pointel in fingers” is seen writing.
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard
The circular crown table thus made is detached from the pointel, and the mass of glass which caused it to adhere forms what is known by the name of the bull's eye.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
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