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Definition of Point up
1. Verb. Emphasize, especially by identification. "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Point Up
Literary usage of Point up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert William Hughes (1901)
"From this point up, the breast is widened out to its full dimensions in a distance
of 5 to 7 yards. A space of about 3 feet wide is partitioned off from the ..."
2. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"... a rather heavy base, which gave by common fractional distillation at atmospheric
pressure 7 per cent light hydrocarbons of a boiling point up to 150° C. ..."
3. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"... 32 per cent of a boiling point up to 250° C. (482° F.) and the rest of a ...
F.) there was obtained 15 per cent more naphtha boiling point up to 150° C. ..."
4. The Acts of the Elders: Commonly Called the Book of Abraham : to which is by Abraham Norwood (1847)
"Judgment-seat—Elders point up, and the Bible down—exposition thereof, 1—19 ; John
an unbeliever—cannot testify with his mouth shut, 20—36; treatment of ..."
5. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"Cone, point up : Strong winds from the north may be expected. Dram over cone,
point down : Very ... A cone hoisted point up indicates storm from the NW. ..."
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