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pointed the bone

pointed the bone is the simple past and past participle of point the bone.

Meaning of point the bone

Verb

point the bone (third-person singular simple present points the bone, present participle pointing the bone, simple past and past participle pointed the bone)

  1. (Australia, dated, intransitive) To place a curse on another person by pointing a bone at that person; to curse by performing a magic ritual.
    • It was proved on the trial that amongst the northern tribes a blackfellow who was known to have pointed the bone at another would be pursued for 500 miles, in order that revenge might be taken upon him for the crime.1879, George Taplin, The Native Tribes of South Australia, page xxx
  2. (Australia, broadly) To blame someone.

Questions about pointed the bone

What is pointed the bone the simple past and past participle of?
Pointed the bone is the simple past and past participle of point the bone.

Words near pointed the bone in the dictionary

  1. pointed cabbages
  2. pointed fingers
  3. pointed one's toes
  4. pointed out
  5. pointed Percy at the porcelain
  6. pointed the bone
  7. pointed the finger at
  8. pointed up
  9. pointedly
  10. pointedness
  11. pointednesses

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