The Miller of Abington

( Hall i well.) point-device (point de-vis'), a. [ Then your hose should be ungartered, your bonnet unbanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and every thing about you demonstrating a carele desolation. But you are no such man; you are rather point - device in your accoutrements, as loving yourself, than seeming the lover of any other. Shak ., As you Like it, iii. 2. 401. Men's behaviour should be like their apparel, not too strait or point device , but free for exercise or motion.