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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pointed  \Point"ed\,  a. 
  1.  Sharp;  having  a  sharp  point;  as  a  pointed  rock. 
 
  2.  Characterized  by  sharpness,  directness,  or  pithiness  of 
  expression;  terse;  epigrammatic;  especially,  directed  to  a 
  particular  person  or  thing 
 
  His  moral  pleases,  not  his  pointed  wit.  --Pope. 
 
  {Pointed  arch}  (Arch.),  an  arch  with  a  pointed  crown. 
 
  {Pointed  style}  (Arch.),  a  name  given  to  that  style  of 
  architecture  in  which  the  pointed  arch  is  the  predominant 
  feature;  --  more  commonly  called  {Gothic}.  -- 
  {Point"ed*ly},  adv  --  {Point"ed*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pointedness 
  n  :  the  property  of  a  shape  that  tapers  to  a  sharp  point  [syn:  {point}] 
  [ant:  {unpointedness}] 




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