Meanings
nounpoynt (plural poynts)
plural poynts
obsoleteObsolete form of point.Which over Severne heere they in the Mountaines shut,
And some upon that poynt of Cornwall forth they put.
1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 11 p. 175
verbpoynt (third-person singular simple present poynts, present participle poynting, simple past and past participle poynted)
present singular third person poynts · participle present poynting · participle past poynted · past poynted
obsoleteObsolete form of point.
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APApoynt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poynt
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