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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See point.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Various

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • "Get out that light-gray satin gown with the rose-point lace in the sleeves," she said,

    Miss Gibbie Gault Kate Langley Bosher 1898

  • 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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