POINT (3)

Point (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pointing.] [[Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]] 1. 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. 2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
3. 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. 4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
5. 5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
6. 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. 7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
8. 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. 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.