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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

pointed
     adj 1: having a point [ant: pointless]
     2: having the foot stretched out in line with the leg and the
        toes forming a point; "keep the legs straight and the toes
        pointed" [ant: unpointed]
     3: direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often
        unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to
        what was going on"; "another pointed look in their
        direction"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Pointing.] [Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]
   1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or
      file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil.
      Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.

   2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
      a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.

   3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.

            Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
            Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.

   4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
      point a composition.

   5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

   6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
      special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
      error was pointed out. --Pope.

            He points it, however, by no deviation from his
            straightforward manner of speech.     --Dickens.

   7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.

   8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
      introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
      to a smooth surface.

   9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

   To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
      end by interweaving the nettles.

   To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
      holes of the reefs.

   To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to
      separate, by pointing, as figures.

   To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
      that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
Pointed \Point"ed\, a.
   1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

   2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
      expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a
      particular person or thing.

            His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope.

   Pointed arch (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.

   Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of
      architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant
      feature; -- more commonly called Gothic. --
      Point"ed*ly, adv. -- Point"ed*ness, n.