pointing
/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ noun A2- The action of the verb to point.
- The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
- Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
- 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.
- 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.
Plural pointings
From the library
“Father,” said Mercédès, stopping when she had reached the centre of the table, “sit, I pray you, on my right hand; on my left I will place him who has ever been as a brother to me,” pointing with a soft and gentle smile to Fernand; but her words and look seemed to inflict the direst torture on him, for his lips became ghastly pale, and even beneath the dark hue of his complexion the blood might be seen retreating as though some sudden pang drove it back to the heart.
The butler had given an exclamation of astonishment and was pointing at the dead man’s outstretched hand.
See!” she continued, pointing to the corner of the house.
“Yonder, among the oak trees,” said the tiger, pointing with his forefoot.
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