pointing

 The act of sharpening.  [1913 Webster]

 The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.  [1913 Webster]

 The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.  [1913 Webster]

 The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.  [1913 Webster]

 The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.  [1913 Webster]

 The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.  [1913 Webster]