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A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.

A bodkin. [Obs.]

A poniard. [Obs.] Lyly.

See Poind, Poinder.

Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]

A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called also sixbanded armadillo.

See Sepoy.

A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.

An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.

re are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.

An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much empoyed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

A chief; a leader; a Sepoy corporal. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.

A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.

Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer.

See Poyntel. [Obs. or R.]

Same as Poy, n., 3.

See Poy.