pointing
The action of the verb to point.
The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
The practice of placing metrical marks in a text (typically a psalm), which indicate the syllables on which the chant should progress to the next note, as well as features such as pauses.
A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
Synonym of nikud.
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Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing