pointrel

English

Noun

pointrel (plural pointrels)

1. An engraving tool.
   • 1803, George Adams, Geometrical and Graphical Essays:

     Lay the rough plan upon the clean paper, on which you intend to draw the fair copy, press them close together by weights, and keep them as flat as possible; then with a pointrel, or needle point, prick through all the corners of the plan to be copied.

References

• “pointrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Interpol, Ternopil, terpinol, topliner