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pointe
/pwɑnt/
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What does pointe mean?
noun
- The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.
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He thoroughly mastered the art, defeated all antagonists, whether English or French, earned his "brevet de pointe for the excellence of his swordsmanship, and became a Maitre d' Armes."
This discovery I made by a talisman, which Mr. Chute calls the Sortes Walpolianae, by which I find every thing I want, `a pointe nomm`ee, whenever I dip for it.