Meaning of pointen | Babel Free

Definitions

To make pointy or pointed

rare, transitive

Examples

“Rumour was right on the other tack too; the line was a stiff one—not a mere plastered and pointened make-up, but a regular home-made rough one, with some very curious doubles—a lane that was neither good to get into or out of — and a brook about a mile from home, with very much the same kind of recommendation.”

“Only exceptionally the teeth are pointened as is very common with the Papuas of New-Guinea.”

“"[…] Seriously, I think we ought to say 'through genetic accident or design' to avoid the improbability of a child falling down on the sidewalk and pointening his ears."”

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