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points
Part of speech:Among seamen, flat pieces of plaited cordage tapering towards each end, used in reefing; on a railway, the switches or movable guiding- rails which admit a train on to a junctionline, to a siding, or from the one line of rail to the other; qualities, as good points.
Usage examples "points":- Take for a third example two railway lines doing business between the same points. - "Monopolies and the People", Charles Whiting Baker.
- I wish to look at it from two points of view. - "Constructive Imperialism", Viscount Milner.
- Three points to port! - "The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet", Kenneth Ward.