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Example sentences for "pointed instrument"

  • A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.

  • In most cases the flat beads of these necklaces are ornamented by having dotted or striated patterns worked upon them by means of some sharp-pointed instrument.

  • The flat faces of some have all the appearance of having been abraded by a pointed instrument.

  • Defn: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

  • Defn: To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.

  • Defn: A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

  • That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.

  • To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.

  • A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

  • A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

  • To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle.

  • A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.

  • A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.

  • To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    best understood; came back; comparative anatomy; explained the; fine rose; first found; future generations; longer extant; mistaken identity; pointed arch; pointed arches; pointed architecture; pointed beard; pointed instrument; pointed out; pointed star; pointed stars; pointed stick; pointed wings; sentry duty; shall never forget the; special rule; sudden movement; tableaux vivants; thick layer; union labor