NEW YORK POINT

Definition: NEW YORK POINT

NEW YORK POINT

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: NEW YORK POINT

English words defined with "NEW YORK POINT": item ♦ point. (references)

Specialty definitions using "NEW YORK POINT": Free on board ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: NEW YORK POINT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Anagrams: NEW YORK POINT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-k-n-n-o-o-p-r-t-w-y"
	-3 letters: entropion, pennywort, prenotion.
	-4 letters: kenotron, openwork, pinkroot, pyronine, troponin, twopenny.
	-5 letters: einkorn, entropy, intoner, kotower, krypton, network, nonwork, pinwork, pointer, pontine, portion, prenoon, protein, ternion, tinwork, topwork, towrope, tropine, wintery, wonkier.
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