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Pointing

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe action of the verb to point.
2.NounThe filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
3.NounMortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
4.NounThe act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
5.NounThe rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
6.NounThe 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.
7.NounIn 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. A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
"Psalm pointings sometimes differ between psalters."
8.NounThe 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.
9.NounA particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
"Psalm pointings sometimes differ between psalters."
10.NounSynonym of nikud.
11.Verbpresent participle and gerund of point
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