Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.
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Examples
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As opposed to one of those three-pointed compasses you usually see.
2010 Delete Key Awards Finalist #10 — ‘The Lost Symbol’ by Dan Brown « One-Minute Book Reviews 2010
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Put your three-pointed hats back in mothballs for your next battle over cap and trade.
Think Progress » Limbaugh’s ‘Cheap And Disingenuous’ Call For People To Jam Congressional Phonelines 2010
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The more intensely the members argued, the more their Chinese-style mustache tips wiggled, their enormous upturned Kaiser-mutton-chops jiggled, and their three-pointed musketeer beards danced.
Germans Face Off in Hairy Debate Over Whisker Do's and Don'ts Anton Troianovski 2011
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As opposed to one of those three-pointed compass you see in some crypts.
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"Anybody in the U.S. Navy can buy one," O'Connor said of the award with an eagle clutching the three-pointed weapon.
Tim Webster 2010
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As opposed to one of those three-pointed compass you see in some crypts.
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Underneath a three-pointed crown, a signature Basquiat image going back to his days as the tagger SAMO, the phrase "Ten Gallon" was carefully lined out and then Xed out.
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The design was a three-pointed crest, filled with swirling roses.
SCANDAL KATE BRIAN 2010
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The design was a three-pointed crest, filled with swirling roses.
SCANDAL KATE BRIAN 2010
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Underneath a three-pointed crown, a signature Basquiat image going back to his days as the tagger SAMO, the phrase "Ten Gallon" was carefully lined out and then Xed out.
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