"Prickpunch" is a word in ENGLISH
A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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abanti a {1} forward, ahead. Abanti ka rang milingkud, You took a seat too far to the front. {2} ahead …
Read the complete definitionBorne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of …
Read the complete definitionThe convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same …
Read the complete definitionA resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but …
Read the complete definitionabir {1} particle used in calling attention to a point in con-tention. Ang diyus makagagáhum. Abir, unsáun man nímu pagpangutána …
Read the complete definitionOn the point or verge of; going; in act of.
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Read the complete definitionOne of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of …
Read the complete definitionIn a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
Read the complete definitionA fixed point or surface from which resistance or reaction is obtained, as the cylinder head of a steam engine, …
Read the complete definitionA school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; …
Read the complete definitionA point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Read the complete definitionA unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked; as, the …
Read the complete definitionNeedle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
Read the complete definitionNeedle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
Read the complete definitionThe top or highest point; the culmination.
Read the complete definitionAn isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is …
Read the complete definitionA cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
Read the complete definitionProcess of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).
Read the complete definitionSharpened; sharp-pointed.
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