Category:Pointing

Point"ing, n.

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. (sculpt.)

Defn: 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.