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point-devise

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of point-device.

  2. Particular

    Particular; precise; finicky.

    • I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]
    • You are rather point-devise in your accoutrements.
    • Thus he grew up, in Logic point-device, / Perfect in Grammar, and in Rhetoric nice; […]

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