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31point — /poynt/, n. 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. a projecting part of anything: A point of land juts into the bay. 3. a tapering extremity: the points of the fingers. 4. something having a sharp or tapering end: a pen point. 5. a… …
32lace — 1. noun 1) a dress trimmed with white lace Syn: openwork, lacework, tatting; passementerie, needlepoint (lace), filet, bobbin lace, pillow lace, torchon lace, needle lace, point lace, Battenberg lace, Chantilly lace, Mechlin lace, Valenciennes 2) …
33point — I. /pɔɪnt / (say poynt) noun 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. projecting part of anything. 3. something having a sharp or tapering end. 4. a pointed tool or instrument, as an etching needle. 5. (plural) Shearing the parts of a sheep …
34point — I. n. 1. Sharp end. 2. Cape, headland, projection, promontory, naze. 3. Moment, instant, period, verge, eve. 4. Spot, place, station, stage. 5. Degree, grade, state, condition, rank. 6. Object, end, aim, purpose, design. 7. Punct …
35point — [[t]pɔɪnt[/t]] n. 1) a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger 2) a projecting part of anything: a point of land[/ex] 3) something having a sharp or tapering end (often used in combination): a penpoint[/ex] 4) math. something that has position but… …
36Point de Venise — (also Gros Point de Venise) is a Venetian needle lace from the 17th century characterized by scrolling floral patterns with additional floral motifs worked in relief (in contrast with the geometric designs of the earlier reticella). [Lefébure,… …
37point de Paris — ▪ lace (French: “Paris lace”), product of a lace industry known to have existed around 1634 in the Île de France. No authenticated examples of this lace have been found, however. In modern usage, point de Paris has come to mean any bobbin… …
38point — [point] n. [OFr, dot, prick < L punctum, dot, neut. of punctus, pp. of pungere, to prick (< IE base * peuĝ , *peuk̑, to prick, jab > Ger fichte, spruce tree, L pugil, boxer, pugnus, fist); also < OFr pointe, sharp end < ML puncta… …
39point Colbert — ▪ lace (French: “Colbert lace”), needle made lace developed at Bayeux in France in 1855, inspired by 17th century Alençon lace (q.v.) and named after Louis XIV s minister Jean Baptiste Colbert, who started Alençon s industry. Like Alençon,… …
40point d'An|gle|terre — «pwan dahn gluh TEHR», French. 1. a kind of delicate bobbin lace, originally Flemish. 2. (literally) lace of England …
