punton.1
/ˈpʊntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpʊn(t)oʊ/ a. A minute detail of action or conduct; = punctilio n. 1a. Obsolete.
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society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > point of honour > detailed
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety > strict decorum > a detail of
punto1584
punctilio1596
punctille1610
punctuality1621
punkettoa1625
1584 W. Allen True Def. Eng. Catholiques ix. 216 The greater part wherof languisheth away in bodie and soule most lamentablie, onlie vpon an obstinate punto & formalitie.
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 69 Amongst souldiers that stand much upon their Punctos.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Zz3 Where that [reputacion] is not, it must be supplied by Puntos and Complementes. View more context for this quotation
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 413 The Neapolitane Gentry, who stand so on the puntoes of their honour, that they preferre robbery before industry.
1698 Pendragon 37 The gay Selena's never wont to Strain for a Nicety or Punto.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iii. 119 Every body..begged I would not put a meer puncto to orders in the balance against such a prospect.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. xv. 249 Establishing a punto, founded in diametrical opposition to common sense and humanity.
b. in punto: = point n.1 Phrases 1f(a). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > order > in (proper) order [phrase]
in point1481
in ordera1500
in tune1535
kilter1621
in punto1631
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. iv. 69 in Wks. II Tay. And doe they weare Cioppino's all? Wit. If they be drest in punto, Madame.
a. An instant; a point in time; = punctilio n. 5. Obsolete.In quot. 1616 with play on sense punto n.2
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > moment or instant
hand-whileOE
prinkOE
start-while?c1225
twinkling1303
rese?c1335
prick1340
momenta1382
pointa1382
minutea1393
instant1398
braida1400
siquarea1400
twink14..
whip?c1450
movement1490
punct1513
pissing whilea1556
trice1579
turning of a hand1579
wink1585
twinklec1592
semiquaver1602
punto1616
punctilio of time1620
punctum1620
breathing1625
instance1631
tantillation1651
rapc1700
crack1725
turning of a straw1755
pig's whisper1780
jiffy1785
less than no time1788
jiff1797
blinka1813
gliffy1820
handclap1822
glimpsea1824
eyewink1836
thought1836
eye-blink1838
semibreve1845
pop1847
two shakes of a lamb's taila1855
pig's whistle1859
time point1867
New York minute1870
tick1879
mo?1896
second1897
styme1897
split-second1912
split minute1931
no-time1942
sec.1956
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iv. vii, in Wks. I. 53 It must be done like lightning... 'tis nothing, and't be not done in a—punto!
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 82 He..will no more surpass one Puncto of Time.
b. A small or trifling point, detail, or particular; = punctilio n. 1b. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular > minute
minutea1450
quidlibet1611
punto1623
punctilio1631
nicety1649
punctuality1661
minutiae1797
1623 Abp. J. Williams Let. to Duke of Buckingham in J. Hacket Life (1692) I. 150 This..is expected to the utmost punto.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > pricking or tingling
prickinga1398
tinglinga1450
punction1596
dindling1597
compunction1604
punto1617
prickling1656
sharpness1694
puncture1709
puncturation1733
pins and needles1813
tingle1832
pringling1890
1617 R. Cocks Diary 8 Feb. (1883) 235 Mr. Totton fell into an extreme payne of puntos (or stitches).
4. Glass-making. = pontil n. Now rare (historical in later use).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > shaping equipment
ferret1662
punty1662
puntilion1665
pucellas1701
casting-table1728
marble1745
pinching tongs1765
borsella1823
punt1823
marver1832
pontil1832
punto1839
working tube1841
bullion-bar1852
blowing-iron1855
bullion-rod1862
blowpipec1865
pointel1865
gadget1868
casting-slaba1877
casting-plate1881
glass-cutter1881
sand core1894
polissoir1897
pontil rod1934
blowing-machine1940
blowing-pipe-
blowing-tube-
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 582 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.
1844 E. A. Parnell's Appl. Chem. II. i. 41 An assistant applies to the surface of the globe..a knob of soft glass on the end of a solid iron rod called the ‘punto’ or ‘pontil’.
2000 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Apr. (Features) 16 The iron rod was called a ‘punto’ and so the indentation it made while rolling the bottle became know as the ‘punt’.
Compounds
punto beard n. rare (now historical) a style of pointed beard (cf. stiletto n. 2a).
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > styles of beard
goat's beard1440
bodkin-bearda1529
pique-devant1587
crates1592
peak1592
spade-peak1592
beard1598
Cads-beard1598
spade-beard1598
punto beard1633
cathedral beard1635
stiletto1638
T bearda1640
trencher-bearda1668
tile beard1816
imperial beard1832
Charley1833
imperial1835
royale1838
goatee1841
goat1849
Newgate frill1851
Newgate fringe1853
Vandyke beard1894
torpedo beard1899
Vandyke1909
pencil beard1966
1633 J. Shirley Contention Honour & Riches i. ii. sig. C4v I can looke upon your buffe And punto beard.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 123/2 Punto beard, a small pointed beard.
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punton.2
/ˈpʊntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpʊn(t)oʊ/ Fencing. Now historical.
A thrust with the point of the sword. See also punta dritta n., punta riversa n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
buttc1330
overheadc1400
stopc1450
quarter-strokea1456
rabbeta1500
rakea1500
traverse1547
flourish1552
quarter-blow1555
veny1578
alarm1579
venue1591
cut1593
time1594
caricado1595
fincture1595
imbroccata1595
mandritta1595
punta riversa1595
remove1595
stramazon1595
traversa1595
imbrocado1597
passado1597
counter-time1598
foinery1598
canvasado1601
montant1601
punto1601
stock1602
embrocadoc1604
pass1604
stuck1604
stramazo1606
home thrust1622
longee1625
falsify?1635
false1637
traversion1637
canvassa1641
parade1652
flanconade1664
parry1673
fore-stroke1674
allonge1675
contretemps1684
counter1684
disengaging1684
feint1684
passing1687
under-counter1687
stringere1688
stringering1688
tempo1688
volte1688
overlapping1692
repost1692
volt-coupe1692
volting1692
disarm?1700
stamp1705
passade1706
riposte1707
swoop1711
retreat1734
lunge1748
beat1753
disengage1771
disengagement1771
opposition1771
time thrust1771
timing1771
whip1771
shifting1793
one-two1809
one-two-three1809
salute1809
estramazone1820
remise1823
engage1833
engaging1833
risposta1838
lunging1847
moulinet1861
reprise1861
stop-thrust1861
engagement1881
coupé1889
scrape1889
time attack1889
traverse1892
cut-over1897
tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. i. sig. I2 I would teach these 19. the special tricks, as your Punto, your Reuerso, your Stoccato..till they could all play very neare or altogether as well as my selfe. View more context for this quotation
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. iii. 24 To see thee fight..to see thee passe the punto.
1620 Swetnam Arraign'd i. ii My rapier, swash... Ile put you to the Puncto presently.
c1639 T. Dekker & J. Ford Sun's-darling (1656) ii. 13 I'le drill you how to give the lie, and stab in the punto.
1893 Harper's Mag. May 922/2 He..began to make passes at the door, darting in and out, warding off imaginary blows with his poniard, and stamping his foot, with little cries of ‘punto! riverso! stoccata! dritta! mandritta!’ and all the jargon of the fencing-schools.
1988 E. D. Morton Martini A–Z of Fencing 142/3 Punto, our Elizabethan ancestors' name for an attack.
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punton.3
/ˈpʊntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpʊn(t)oʊ//ˈpɒntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpɑn(t)oʊ/. Cards.
In ombre and quadrille: the ace of trumps when trumps are either hearts or diamonds.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > specific cards
basto1660
manille1674
matador1674
punto1674
spadillo1680
spadille1728
mat1766
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > card of specific number and suit > ace of diamonds or hearts in specific games
punto1674
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester viii. 98 The Red Ace enters into the fourth place when it is Trump and it is called Punto then, otherwise only called an Ace.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Ombre If either of the red Suits be Trump, the Ace of that Suit, call'd Punto, [is] the fourth [trump].
1769 tr. Abbé Bellecour Acad. Play (new ed.) 122 Ponto in Trumps, King, Knave, Seven and Three of Spades, Three, Four, Five, and Six of Clubs.
1781 Gentleman's Mag. 51 616 Punto is the Spanish Ace [in Quadrille].
1861 Macmillan's 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.
1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 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.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 101/1 The order for red suit trumps [in ombre] is: ace of spades, 7 (called manille), ace of clubs (called basto), ace (called ponto), K, Q, [etc.]... There is no ponto in black trumps.
1990 D. Parlett Oxf. Guide Card Games xvi. 198 The fourth best card is its Ace, called Punto, but it is not a matador.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
punton.4
/ˈpʊntəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpʊn(t)oʊ/ Now chiefly historical.
Used in the names of various kinds of Italian lace and embroidery.
1. punto a maglia n. [ < Italian punto a maglia (apparently not recorded in dictionaries of Italian; compare punto maglia , recorded in S. Battaglia Grande dicionario della lingua italiano at that entry, but without exemplification) < punto (see point n.1) + a in + maglia (c1267; either < Old Occitan malha (11th cent.; probably < classical Latin macula : see mail n.3) or < Old French maille (see mail n.3)] (also more fully punto a maglia quadra) a type of lace worked by darning patterns on netting; = lacis n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > loops or stitches
purl1564
jours1865
punto a maglia1865
whole stitch1870
fibre-stitch1882
hollie stitch1882
star1882
streak stitch1882
Venetian stitch1882
leadwork1900
Kat stitch1919
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 49 Punto a maglia quadra.—Lacis; square netting, the Modano of the Tuscans.
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 86 Italian punto a maglia or darned netting.
1982 P. Earnshaw Dict. Lace 61 The mesh, sometimes known as punto a maglia quadra, or square hole stitch, is made like a fisherman's net using a mesh stick.
2. punto a rilievo n. (also punto a relievo (irregular)) [ < Italian punto a rilievo (apparently not recorded in dictionaries of Italian) < punto (see point n.1) + a in + rilievo relievo n.1] a type of lace worked in bold relief.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of
point de Venise1668
French point1675
point d'Espagne1676
Alençon lace1774
point de France1774
point-net1829
rose-point1832
point de Paris1840
point d'Alençon1842
point d'Argentan1842
Irish point1851
point d'aiguille1851
point de gaze1863
Venetian point1864
Burano lace1865
Greek lace1865
gros point1865
mermaid's lace1865
point de neige1865
punto a rilievo1865
punto in aria1865
Regency point1865
Venice point1865
point de reprise1872
point russe1872
Greek point1882
hollie point1882
Venetian raised point1882
point de minute1886
point de Sorrentoc1890
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 This is our Rose (raised) Venice point, the Gros Point de Venise, the Punto a rilievo, so highly prized and so extensively used for albs, collerettes, berthes, and costly decoration.
1915 Vanity Fair Jan. 15/3 Any one expecting to find fluted frills in the Colony Club, and French musk, and punto a rilievo lace..will be greatly disappointed.
3. punto in aria n. [ < Italian punto in aria (a1765 as punti in aria ) < punto (see point n.1) + in in + aria air (see air n.1)] an early form of needlepoint lace originally made in Venice; also used of the form of embroidery from which this developed.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of
point de Venise1668
French point1675
point d'Espagne1676
Alençon lace1774
point de France1774
point-net1829
rose-point1832
point de Paris1840
point d'Alençon1842
point d'Argentan1842
Irish point1851
point d'aiguille1851
point de gaze1863
Venetian point1864
Burano lace1865
Greek lace1865
gros point1865
mermaid's lace1865
point de neige1865
punto a rilievo1865
punto in aria1865
Regency point1865
Venice point1865
point de reprise1872
point russe1872
Greek point1882
hollie point1882
Venetian raised point1882
point de minute1886
point de Sorrentoc1890
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 Punto in aria.—Worked on a parchment pattern, the flowers connected by brides: in modern parlance, Guipure.
1897 McKean (Pa.) Democrat 26 Nov. After these efforts came a total emancipation from all foundations, and the punto in aria was an assured fact.
1920 C. Blum Old World Lace 17 Some authorities put all Venetian lace under the general head of ‘Punto in Aria’, but I prefer here to call them by their individual names, applying the term ‘Punto in Aria’ only to the earliest stage between Reticello and Gros Point.
1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 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.
1999 Needlecraft Mar. 36/3 By the early 17th century Punto in Aria or ‘Stitches in the Air’ had been developed, with embroidery independent of the background material, so the design could be more free-flowing.
4. punto tagliato n. [ < Italian punto tagliato (1561 as punti tagliati ) < punto (see point n.1) + tagliato (1353; use as adjective of past participle of tagliare : see tail v.2)] = cutwork n. 2b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > cut-work
cutwork1470
point coupé1832
punto tagliato1865
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > cut-work
cutwork1470
point coupé1832
punto tagliato1865
1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 Punto tagliato.—Cut-work.
1893 tr. F. S. Meyer Handbk. Ornament ii. §B. 201 Lace..principally of older date, among which the best patterns are to be found: Point coupé (punto tagliato). The linen ground is cut out and the edges worked with the needle.
1905 L. A. Tebbs (title) New lace embroidery (punto tagliato).
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 14 Dec. x. 2/1 A rectangular tablecloth is in punto tagliato design.
5. punto tirato n. [ < Italian punto tirato (apparently not recorded in dictionaries of Italian) < punto (see point n.1) + tirato (1353; use as adjective of past participle of tirare : see tire v.2)] = drawnwork n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > drawn-thread work > specific
Indian work1613
punto tirato1881
1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 81 (caption) Old punto tirato, or Italian drawn-work.
1920 C. Blum Old World Lace 13 Embellishment of personal and household linen as well as vestments of the church, started with what is known as ‘Punto Tirato’ or drawn work.
1982 K. E. Grosinger & O. Cave Cut-work Embroidery & How to do It 30 Open-work may be defined as drawn-thread work (punto tirato), in which the threads are drawn out one way only.
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