Definition of Pointable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointable

point projection
point release
point releases
point source
point sources
point system
point system test types
point taken
point tenderness
point the bone
point the finger
point the finger at
point the way
point up
point woman
pointable (current term)
pointal
pointblank
pointcut
pointcuts
pointe
pointed
pointed-leaf maple
pointed-toe
pointed arch
pointed condyloma
pointed out
pointed the bone

Literary usage of Pointable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His by James Madison (1840)
"... as both are to be paid by the States, and to be ap- pointable to State offices; nothing seemed to be wanting to prostrate the National Legislature, ..."

2. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1903)
"This could not be if he was to be ap- pointable from time to time by the Legislature. It was not clear that an appointment in the i8t instance even with an ..."

3. The War on the Bank of the United States, Or, A Review of the Measures of by Thomas Francis Gordon (1834)
"The first is ap- pointable by the Governor, but the term of his office is fixed for the term of the Governor's continuance in office, if he shall so long ..."

4. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1870)
"The national supremacy in the executive departments is liable to some difficulty, unless the officers administering them could be made ap- pointable by the ..."

5. The Life of Alexander Hamilton by John Church Hamilton (1841)
"The officers administering the executive departments, ap- pointable by the supreme government. The legislature to consist of two branches: one eligible by ..."

6. The Writings of John Bradford .. by John Bradford, John Hooper, Nicholas Ridley, Aubrey Townsend (1848)
"You know," quoth I, " that in Elias' time, both in Israel and elsewhere, God's church was not pointable; ..."

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