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Definition of Repoint
1. Verb. Repair the joints of bricks. "Point a chimney"
Generic synonyms: Bushel, Doctor, Fix, Furbish Up, Mend, Repair, Restore, Touch On
Definition of Repoint
1. Verb. (context: masonry) To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repoint
1. to repair mortar [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repoint
Literary usage of Repoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the National School of Dental Technics by American Institute of Dental Teachers (1897)
"It does not take a great deal of time to learn to repoint instruments, to learn
to temper them and temper them right. It doesn't take a great deal of time ..."
2. Publications (1854)
"Huntingdon, to Anne Pha- repoint; to whom Edmund Maile said: " The cause of our
coming at this time is, to know whether you are willing to walk with the ..."
3. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"The cutting on the glyph required about 12 hours, including the time required to
sharpen and repoint the tools. To separate this slab from the original ..."
4. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1915)
"My understanding is that mortar from a cement gun can be forced into open joints
quite a distance and do a good deal better work than any repoint- ing could ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"... for I find that they often congregate in some quiet corner to drill pebbles
and repoint arrow-heads ; and then, lying in wait for the professor or the ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"... for I find that they often congregate in some quiet corner to drill pebbles
and repoint arrow-heads ; and then, lying in wait for the professor or the ..."
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