POINTDEVISE

Point`-de*vice", Point`-de*vise", a. Etym: [OE. at point devis; at at + point point, condition + devis exact, careful, OF. devis fixed, set. See Device.]

Definition: Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow.

Point`-de*vice", Point`-de*vise", adv.

Definition: Exactly. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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