Third-person singular simple present indicative form of get the point

To make a special effort; especially, to do a degree of violence to some principle or to one's own feelings.

Paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design.

A machine-made lace imitating Brussels ground.

Lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from pillow lace.

plural of smoke point

A city in Kansas. / A town in North Carolina. / A village in Illinois. / An unincorporated community in Indiana.

(sewing) An object with a free-standing point for use in ironing collars, corners and facings.

plural of vernal point

The point on the ecliptic where the sun crosses from the southern celestial hemisphere to the northern, which occurs at the (northern) vernal equinox; less commonly, either this point or the opposite point of crossing from north to south.