† pointlingsadv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
With the point foremost; = pointling adv.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in forward direction > point foremost
pointlinga1470
pointlings1596
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 135 Gret kairnis of stanes,..scharpe abone, ryseng vpe poyntlings lyke a steiple.
a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) x. xiv. f. 383, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Ege Danis..war accustumyt to fecht erare poyntlingis, than to strike with the ege.
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