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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
point .
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Examples
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Against Cerdic's resplendent mauve satin and clouds of rose-point lace, Suraklin's dust-colored velvet seemed almost severe.
The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988
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It seemed to be an elusive commodity, that scrap of rose-point; for twenty minutes 'patient search failed utterly to bring it to the light of day.
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"Well, I'm sure I don't see how Laura could very well wear a rose-point shawl," persisted Mrs. Payne.
The Wheel of Life Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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From the depths of the mirror her bright brown eyes gazed back at her husband, while she fastened a cameo pin, containing the head of Minerva framed in pearls, in the rose-point on her bosom.
One Man in His Time Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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A little later, when he was passing his mother's door, he glanced in and saw her standing before the mirror in her evening gown of gray silk, with the foam-like ruffles of rose-point on her bosom and at her elbows, which were still round and young looking.
One Man in His Time Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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"Of course -- if you were to die we should be too heart-broken to care what you left -- but, since we are on the subject, I've always meant to ask you to leave me the shawl of old rose-point which belonged to mother."
The Wheel of Life Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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Mrs. Oglethorpe, in old-pile black velvet as usual, with a front and high-boned collar of yellow rose-point lace, stood in the background watching the comedy with a frank sardonic grin.
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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Pianura a marvellous veil of rose-point made in a Flemish convent; while on the statue's brow rested the Duke's jewelled diadem.
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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"Get out that light-gray satin gown with the rose-point lace in the sleeves," she said,
Miss Gibbie Gault Kate Langley Bosher 1898
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I was very tall and slim and -- well, I suppose I might say regal in that amethyst crêpe with the soft rose-point, but I looked to myself about the eyes as I had been doing for years.
The Melting of Molly Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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