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Definition of Pointel
1. Noun. A tool used by an engraver.
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool
Specialized synonyms: Scauper, Scorper
Definition of Pointel
1. n. See Pointal.
Definition of Pointel
1. Noun. (computer graphics) Any of the eight vertices of a voxel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pointel
1. a sharp instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointel
Literary usage of Pointel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: Compiled for the by Henry Cole, John Hungerford Pollen, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1870)
"Société CHENNEVIERES - pointel (CHARLES Académique d'Architecture de Lyon. ...
BM CHENNEVIERES - pointel (CHARLES PHILIPPE DE, Marquis ) and ..."
2. English Synonyms Discriminated-- by William Taylor (1813)
"... artist had only been employed to polish the white spaces with the smooth end
of bis style, and to deepen the dark parts with its pointel, ..."
3. A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To by George Fulton, G. Knight (1814)
"... pointel, poynt'el, n. any thing on a point [dog Pointer, poynt'ér, n. any thing
that points ... pointel ..."
4. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"A little boy now comes forward with an iron rod, the pointel, upon the end of
which has been gathered a small lump of metal, called the punty, ..."
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