Pointer: alternatives and connections

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.

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A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Designated; appointed; chosen.

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To appoint.

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To appoint.

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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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To appoint.

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The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.

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Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

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