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a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction , a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line , the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing

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a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction , a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line , the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing point , the point to which all parallel lines in the same plane tend in the representation. Gwilt. -- Vanishing stress , stress of voice upon the closing portion of a syllable. Rush.

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• POINT SWITCH
  A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
• POINTLESSLY
  Without point.
• POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
  Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis
• POINTAL
  The pistil of a plant. 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.
• POINTED
  1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope.
• POINT ALPHABET
  An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters.
• POINTSMAN
  A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
• POINTLESS
  Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
• VANISHMENT
  A vanishing.
• CONVERGING
  Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays , rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. -- Converging series , a series in which
• POINTLETED
  Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow.
• POINT D'APPUI
  See APPUI
• CONVERGE
  To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.
• POINTING
  The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model. (more info) 1. The act of sharpening.
• POINT-BLANK
  1. The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed. Jonson. With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. With artillery, the point where the projectile
• CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCY
  The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. Berkeley.
• VANISH
  esvanuïr, F. s'évanouir; fr. L. vanus empty, vain; cf. L. vanescere, 1. To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a ship vanishes from the sight
• POINTINGSTOCK
  An object of ridicule or scorn; a laughingstock. Shak.
• POINTER
  One who, or that which, points. Specifically: The hand of a timepiece. One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen. pl.
• POINT APPLIQUE
  Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-made.
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• KINGLINESS
  The state or quality of being kingly.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• POORLINESS
  The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
• TROIS POINT
  The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
• ZOLLNER'S LINES
  Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
• SLOVENLINESS
  The quality or state of being slovenly.
• GHASTLINESS
  The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
• MAIDENLINESS
  The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.