pointed
/ˈpɔɪnɪd/ adjective A2- Sharp, barbed; not dull. · The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
- Having a certain number of points. · a five-pointed star
- Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities. · The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
- Directed negatively at a person or topic. · a pointed remark
- That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations. · The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms.
- precise, on the dot.
From the library
MacDonald pointed ruefully to his heap of correspondence.
There were milkmaids and shepherdesses, with brightly colored bodices and golden spots all over their gowns; and princesses with most gorgeous frocks of silver and gold and purple; and shepherds dressed in knee breeches with pink and yellow and blue stripes down them, and golden buckles on their shoes; and princes with jeweled crowns upon their heads, wearing ermine robes and satin doublets; and funny clowns in ruffled gowns, with round red spots upon their cheeks and tall, pointed caps.
Dorothy was going to ask another question, but just then the Munchkins, who had been standing silently by, gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of the house where the Wicked Witch had been lying.
They were buckshot cartridges, and, as Sergeant Wilson pointed out, the triggers were wired together so that, if you pulled on the hinder one, both barrels were discharged.
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