pointing

n. 1. The act of sharpening. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Sculpt.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]