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 Point·al n.
 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.”\=
 3. Arch. See Poyntel. [Obs. or R.]
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 Poyn·tel n.  Arch. Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [Formerly written pointal.]
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