point-device

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English poynt devise, from the Old French phrase *a point devise, with the participle taken as a noun; compare Old French a devis and Anglo-Norman en poynt devis.

Noun

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point-device (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A form of lace worked with devices.
  2. (obsolete) Anything uncommonly precise and exact.