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used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.

Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

See Pointal.

One who, or that which, points. Specifically:

The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.

An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock. Shak.

Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

Without point.

Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow.

A graving tool. Knight.

A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.]

ht; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness. "Weights of an extraordinary poise." Evelyn.

The balancer of dipterous insects.

apable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases.

Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium, the herbage of which is poisonous to stock; also, any species of several related genera, as Oxylobium, Gompholobium, etc.

A cup containing poison.

Capable of poisoning; poisonous. [Obs.] "Poisonable heresies." Tooker.

One who poisons. Shak.

Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious. Shak. -- Poi"son*ous*ly, adv. -- Poi"son*ous*ness, n.

Poisonous.[Obs.] Holland.