资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Point \Point\, n.
   1. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end
      with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}.

   2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing
      and writing for the blind. The first practical system was
      that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in
      Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications of this are
      current in the United States:

   {New York point} founded on three bases of equidistant points
      arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later
      improvement,

   {American Braille}, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the
      New-York-point principle of using the characters of few
      points for the commonest letters.

   3. In technical senses:
      (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or,
          by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse &
          Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side
          who stands a short distance in front of the goal
          keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.)
          The position of the pitcher and catcher.
      (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made;
          hence, a straight run from point to point; a
          cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.]
      (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the
          place where its prey has gone into cover.
      (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain
          dance positions.