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▪ I. punto1|ˈpʌntəʊ|
Also 6–8 (in senses 1–3) puncto.
[a. It. or Sp. punto:—L. punctum.]
†1. A small point or detail; an atom, particle, jot; a moment, instant. (In first quot. with play on sense 3). Obs.
1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iv. vii, It must be done like lightning... 'Tis nothing, and't be not done in a—punto! 1623Abp. Williams Let. to Buckhm. in Hacket Life (1692) I. 150 This..is expected to the utmost punto. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 82 He will no more surpass one Puncto of Time.
†2.
a. A small point of behaviour: = punctilio 5.
1591Garrard's Art Warre 69 Amongst souldiers that stand much upon their Punctos. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §3 Where that [reputacion] is not, it must be supplied by Puntos and Complementes. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. v. xiv, The Neapolitane Gentry, who stand so on the puntoes of their honour, that they preferre robbery before industry. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World 119 Every body..begged I would not put a meer puncto to orders in the balance against such a prospect. 1766Smollett Trav. xv. I. 249 Establishing a punto, founded in diametrical opposition to common sense and humanity.
b. Phr. in punto = in point (point n.1 D 4 a).
1616B. Jonson Devil an Ass iv. iv, And do they weare Cioppino's all? Wit. If they be drest in punto, Madame.
†3. Fencing. A stroke or thrust with the point of the sword or foil. punto dritto, a direct thrust. punto riverso, a back-handed thrust; also adverbially = in the position for such a thrust. Obs.
[1595Saviolo Practise i. K ij, Your dagger commaunding his Rapier, you maie giue him a punta, either dritta, or riversa.] 1596Lodge Incarn. Diuels Wks. (Hunter. Soc.) IV. 23 His hat without a band, his hose vngartered, his Rapier punto r'enverso. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. iii. 26. 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man. in Hum. iv. vii, I would teach these nineteene, the speciall rules, as your Punto, your Reuerso, your Stoccata..till they could all play very neare, or altogether as well as my selfe. 1620Swetnam Arraign'd i. ii, My rapier, swash... Ile put you to the Puncto presently. 1624Ford Sun's Darling ii. i, I'll drill you how to give the lie, and stab in the punto.
†4. A pricking pain: = punction b. Obs.
1617Cocks Diary 8 Feb. (Hakl. Soc.) 235 Mr. Totton fell into an extreme payne of puntos (or stitches).
5. Glass-making. = pontil, punty 1.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 582 (Glass-making) Another workman now applies the end of a solid iron rod tipped with melted glass, called a punto, to the nipple or prominence..and thus attaches it to the centre of the globe. Ibid., An assistant nips it off from the punto with a pair of long iron shears, or cracks it off with a touch of cold iron.
†6. attrib. punto beard, a pointed beard. Obs.
1659Shirley Hon. & Mammon i. ii, I can looke upon your buffe And punto beard.
7. Lacework. Used (= point n.1 31) in phrases to denote various kinds of Italian lace and embroidery, as punto a maglia (mesh stitch); punto a rilievo (erron. relievo), (stitch in relief); punto in aria (stitch in the air), i.e. needlepoint lace used as a border; punto tagliato (cut-work); punto tirato (drawn-work).
1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 Punto tagliato.—Cut-work. Ibid., Punto in aria.—Worked on a parchment pattern, the flowers connected by brides: in modern parlance, Guipure. Ibid., Punto tagliato a fogliami.—The richest and most complicated of all points, executed like the former [sc. punto in aria], only with this difference, that all the outlines are in relief, formed by means of cottons placed inside to raise them. Ibid. 49 Punto a maglia quadra.—Lacis; square netting, the Modano of the Tuscans. 1865Punto a rilievo [see gros point s.v. gros a.]. 1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork i. 81 (caption) Old punto tirato, or Italian drawn-work. 1881Punto a maglia [see darned ppl. a.1 2]. 1900E. Jackson Hist. Hand-Made Lace 192 Punto a rilievo, the Italian name for Venice Raised Point Lace. Ibid. 205 Punto a Maglia.—Lacis, or darned netting, much used for curtains and bed furniture. 1905L. A. Tebbs (title) New lace embroidery (punto tagliato). 1953M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making iv. 9 Embroidered linen, Needlepoint, Italian, 16th century. Drawn thread work, with the pattern left in the linen. Punto Tirato e Tela Lasciato. The design typical of the period. Ibid. 11 Gros point de Venise, 17th century. Heavy raised Venetian Point. The grand effect is produced by the relief which gives the look of carved ivory and it is sometimes called ‘Punto Tagliato a Fogliami’, lace resembling cut or carved leaves. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 230/1 Punto in aria embroidery,..used to describe a very early form of lace, the cutwork fabric reduced to a strip supporting the needlepoint work. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 386/3 From 1620 Venetian raised lace (in Italian punto a relievo, in French gros point de Venise) developed distinct from flat Venetian (point plat de Venise).
▪ II. punto2 Cards.|ˈpʊntəʊ|
Also ponto |ˈpɒntəʊ|.
[a. Sp. punto point.]
(See quots.)
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Ombre, If either of the red Suits be Trump, the Ace of that Suit, call'd Punto, [is] the fourth [trump]. 1781Gentl. Mag. LI. 616 Punto is the Spanish Ace [in Quadrille]. 1861Macm. Mag. Dec. 120 Fourth, if the trump suit be red, comes the ace of the trump suit, called Ponto; if black there is no Ponto. 1878H. H. Gibbs Ombre 13 In Diamonds and Hearts, when trumps, the Ace takes rank before the King. It is called Punto (pronounced Poon'to) in Spanish and English. Quadrille players sometimes call it, corruptly, Ponto. |