Definition of "pointing" []

• Present participle of point. (verb)
• The action of the verb to point. (noun)
• Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together. This is not strictly speaking correct word to use in this context, mortar would be the correct word, or joint filling. (or perhaps applies in the US only) This term is often misused as meaning mortar or joint filling, as 'repointing' is the action of making good and repairing of joints between stone. (noun)
• The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. (noun)
• The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. (noun)

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• "Now this case you were pointing out to me in your own book [_pointing to proofs_] -- Number forty-nine, Mrs. Copway."
• "Powers 'pointing toward estimates from various organizations, citing that thousands of Americans are losing their lives due to lack of health insurance yearly, smells the same as the White House pointing to jobs saved due to stimulus spending. commented"
• "'tain't her's,' pointing to the corpse; 'nor' tain't his'n, 'pointing in the direction of Arthur's rooms;' as for her, I'm opposed to sendin 'to the poor-house another pauper.'"