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. (Sculpt.) 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.
Point`ing*stock` (?), n. An object of ridicule or scorn; a
laughingstock. Shak.
Point"less, a. Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a
pointless sword; a pointless remark.
Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
Point"less*ly, adv. Without point.
Point"let*ed (?), a. (Bot.) Having a small, distinct point; apiculate.
Henslow.
Poin"trel (?), n. A graving tool. Knight.
Points"man (?), n.; pl. - men (-men). A man who has charge of railroad
points or switches. [Eng.]
Poise (?), n. [OE. pois, peis, OF. pois, peis, F. poids, fr. L. pensum
a portion weighed out, pendere to weigh, weigh out. Cf. Avoirdupois,
Pendant, Poise, v.] [Formerly written also peise.] 1. Weight; gravity;
that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. "Weights of an
extraordinary poise." Evelyn.
2. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the
substance weighed.
3. The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise;
balance; equilibrium; rest. Bentley.