pointrel
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pointrel (plural pointrels)
- An engraving tool.
- 1803, George Adams, Geometrical and Graphical Essays:
- Lay the rough plan upon the clean paper, on which you intend to draw the fair copy, press them close together by weights, and keep them as flat as possible; then with a pointrel, or needle point, prick through all the corners of the plan to be copied.
References[edit]
- “pointrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.