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"ref": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, General Prologue This is the poynt, to speken short and pleyn: / That ech of yow, to shorte with oure weye, / In this viage shal telle tales tweye […]",
"text": "This is the idea, to speak briefly and clearly: / That each of you, to make our way feel short, / Shall tell two tales on this journey […]"
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[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"point",
"point"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) point"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pui̯nt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpui̯nt(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "poynte"
},
{
"word": "point"
},
{
"word": "pointe"
},
{
"word": "poyinte"
},
{
"word": "poinȝte"
},
{
"word": "ponte"
},
{
"word": "puinte"
},
{
"word": "pynte"
},
{
"word": "peynt"
}
],
"word": "poynt"
}
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