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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
poin·tel       [poin-tl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
Also, pointal, poyntell, poyntill.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME: stylus, pencil, pointed instrument < OF: point of a spear (F pointeau); c. It puntello, dim. of punto point; see -elle]
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pointel

noun
a tool used by an engraver [syn: graver] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Pointel

Point"el\, n. [From Point. Cf. Pointal.] See Pointal.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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