pointing joints
1Pointing — Point ing, n. 1. The act of sharpening. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. [1913 Webster] 4. The …
2pointing — (n.) the filling up of exterior faces of joints in brickwork, late 15c., verbal noun from POINT (Cf. point) (v.) …
3pointing — ► NOUN ▪ mortar or cement used to fill the joints of brickwork or tiling …
4pointing — /poyn ting/, n. (in masonry) mortar used as a finishing touch to brickwork. [1835 45; POINT + ING1] * * * ▪ brickwork in building maintenance, the technique of repairing mortar joints between bricks or other masonry elements. When aging… …
5Pointing — Point Point (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.] 1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also… …
6pointing — noun a) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together. This is not strictly speaking correct word to use in this context, mortar would be the correct word, or joint filling. (or perhaps applies in the US only) This term is… …
7pointing — noun cement or mortar used to fill the joints of brickwork or masonry …
8pointing — /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ (say poynting) noun 1. (in psalm singing) a method of showing how to fit irregular lines to a regular tune. 2. the marking of a text, as one written in a Semitic language or in shorthand, to indicate the vowels. 3. the treatment of… …
9pointing trowel — noun a trowel used to fill and finish masonry joints with mortar or cement • Hypernyms: ↑trowel …
10pointing — n. 1 cement or mortar filling the joints of brickwork. 2 facing produced by this. 3 the process of producing this …