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A person appointed. The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).

One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent.

Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. [R.]

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2.

A child's game. [Obs.]

Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

An opposite point [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

the attainment of that which was excepted, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil. I was disappointed, bu…

Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. In disappointm…

An old rural game. With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620).

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. Sherwood.

Previous appointment; preordinantion. Sherwood.

To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.] Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel.

To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.

Pointed as needles.