Category:Pointal

Point"al, n. Etym: [from point: cf. F. pointal an upright wooden Prop, of. pointille a prick or prickle.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: the pistil of a plant.

2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the middle Ages. "a pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.

3. (arch.)

Defn: see poyntel. [obs. or r.]