pointing

[ poin-ting ]

/ ˈpɔɪn tɪŋ /

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noun

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

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Origin of pointing

First recorded in 1835–45; point + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pointing

un·point·ing, adjective

Words nearby pointing

point guard, pointillage, pointillé, pointillism, pointillistic, pointing, pointing device, point in time, point lace, pointless, point man

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But sources said that the evidence so far is pointing away from an ISIS connection.
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Maybe he was just pointing out that many police feel that way.
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Others agree, pointing out that the 2014 is not as dark a year as it may seem.
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Some 20 people are there when I visit, including a father with his young son, pointing to photographs of movie stars on the walls.
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“That was his idea,” says Banks, pointing across the room to Kwatinetz.
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"There's a fox's mask," said the Colonel at the bottom of the table, pointing a triangular bit out.
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"You may go," repeated the old man, pointing at the road leading to his house.
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Pointing to these characters, I asked Higgs if he could read them.
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I raised mine to my shoulder, and pointing it toward a conspicuous savage, pulled the trigger.
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That is all full of gold, monsieur, said Jasmin, pointing to the cash drawer in the secretary; and its all yours.
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British Dictionary definitions for pointing

pointing

/ (ˈpɔɪntɪŋ) /

noun

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

the insertion of marks to indicate the chanting of a psalm or the vowels in a Hebrew text
the sequence of marks so inserted

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