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poin⋅tel

  [poin-tl]
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–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

Point"el\, n. [From Point. Cf. Pointal.] See Pointal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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