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English → English (gcide) Definition: Pointal Pointal \Point"al\, n. [From Point: cf. F. pointal an upright wooden prop, OF. pointille a prick or prickle.] 1. (Bot.) The pistil of a plant. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. ``A pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . . and a pointel.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) See Poyntel. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]