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单词 pointel
释义

pointel

or poin·tal

[ poin-tl ]
/ ˈpɔɪn tl /

noun

a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
Sometimes poyn·tell [poin-tel], /ˈpɔɪn tɛl/, poyn·till [poin-til] /ˈpɔɪn tɪl/ .

Origin of pointel

1250–1300; Middle English: stylus, pencil, pointed instrument <Old French: point of a spear (French pointeau); cognate with Italian puntello, diminutive of puntopoint; see -elle

Words nearby pointel

Pointe-aux-Trembles, Pointe Claire, pointed, pointed arch, pointed wart, pointel, Pointe-Noire, point epidemic, pointer, Pointers, point estimate
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Example sentences from the Web for pointel

  • Hence markede is 'wrote down'; and pointel refers to the stilus.

    Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Upon the plain wall, a palm with pointel in fingers is seen writing.

    Early English Alliterative Poems|Various
  • Pointel, poin′tel, n. a sharp instrument: any sharp-pointed thing.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
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