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The act of sharpening.
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2.
The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
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3.
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
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The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
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The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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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.(Sculpt.)