Point"al (?), n. [From Point: cf. F. pointal an upright wooden prop, OF. pointille a prick or prickle.]
1. Bot.
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."
Chaucer.
3. Arch.
See Poyntel.
[Obs. or R.]
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