pointing

pointing is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of sharpening.

[2] The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.

[3] The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

[4] The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.

[5] The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

[6] 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.

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