pointen

present singular third person pointens · participle present pointening · participle past pointened · past pointened

1. raretransitiveTo make pointy or pointed

   Only exceptionally the teeth are pointened as is very common with the Papuas of New-Guinea.

   1926, MededeelIngen van den Dienst der Volksgezondheid in Nederlandsch-Indië

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   Rumour was right on the other tack too; the line was a stiff one—not a mere plastered and pointened make-up, but a regular home-made rough one, with some very curious doubles—a lane that was neither good to get into or out of — and a brook about a mile from home, with very much the same kind of recommendation.

   1851, Sporting Magazine, volume 18, page 419

   "[…] Seriously, I think we ought to say 'through genetic accident or design' to avoid the improbability of a child falling down on the sidewalk and pointening his ears."

   1976, Damon Knight, Orbit, page 249