"point-device" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A form of lace worked with devices."
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        "(historical) A form of lace worked with devices."
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        "Anything uncommonly precise and exact."
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        "(obsolete) Anything uncommonly precise and exact."
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