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▪ I. ˈpointling, n. nonce-wd. [? f. point v.1 + -ling1 2.] A little index-finger.
1840Blackw. Mag. XLVII. 608 There was not a syllable said either of thumbkin, or pointling, or gold-finger. ▪ II. † ˈpointling, -lings, adv. Obs. [f. point n.1 B. + -ling2, -lings.] Point foremost.
1470–85Malory Arthur xi. iv. 578 He myght wel see a spere grete & longe that came streyghte vpon hym poyntelynge. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. 135 Gret kairnis of stanes,..scharpe abone, ryseng vpe poyntlings lyke a steiple. |