noun the act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
2. pointing ·noun the act of sharpening.
3. pointing ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of point.
4. pointing ·noun the rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
5. pointing ·noun the act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
6. pointing ·noun the act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, ·etc.; also, the material so used.
7. pointing ·noun 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.