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pointing the bone

pointing the bone is the present participle and gerund 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 pointing the bone

What is pointing the bone the present participle and gerund of?
Pointing the bone is the present participle and gerund of point the bone.

Words near pointing the bone in the dictionary

  1. pointing one's toes
  2. pointing out
  3. pointing Percy at the porcelain
  4. pointing stick
  5. pointing sticks
  6. pointing the bone
  7. pointing the finger at
  8. pointing up
  9. pointing-stock
  10. pointing-stocks
  11. pointing-trowel

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