pointing.
The action of the verb to point.
Meaning & usage
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.
In Anglican chant: 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.
In Anglican chant: A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
Psalm pointings sometimes differ between psalters.
Synonym of nikud.
Where this word comes from
From point + -ing.
present participle and gerund of point
Where this word comes from
From point + -ing.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.