point-device

noun

Meaning

A form of lace worked with devices.
Anything uncommonly precise and exact.
A form of lace worked with devices.

Examples

You are rather point-device in your accouterments, as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any other.

Word Forms

point-devise

Etymology

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.

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