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pointal


1. <botany> The pistil of a plant.

2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets [i. E, tablets] . . . And a pointel."

3. See Poyntel.

Origin: From Point: cf. F. Pointal an upright wooden prop, OF. Pointille a prick or prickle.

Source: Websters Dictionary