Point

argument; poynt, punctilio v.a. to sharpen; (L. punctum, to direct; to prick). to aim; to mark with stops; to mark with vowel-points; to fill joints with mortar, and smooth them with the point of a trowel: v.n. to direct the finger for designating an object; to indicate; to show distinctly by any means To point at, to treat with scorn.