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English Dictionary: pointed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pointed adj having a point Antonym(s): pointless, unpointed direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. 6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. --Pope. He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pointed \Point"ed\, a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. -- {Point"edly}, adv. -- {Point"edness}, n.