POINTEL Definition & Meaning

pointel

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[ poin-tl ]

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noun

a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.

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Origin of pointel¹

1250–1300; Middle English: stylus, pencil, pointed instrument < Old French: point of a spear ( French pointeau ); cognate with Italian puntello, diminutive of punto point; -elle

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In the case of a wine-glass, an assistant boy gathers a small quantity of glass on the end of a small pointel, or solid iron rod.

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Upon the plain wall, “a palm with pointel in fingers” is seen writing.

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The circular crown table thus made is detached from the pointel, and the mass of glass which caused it to adhere forms what is known by the name of the bull's eye.

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