Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Point \Point\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pointed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pointing}.] [Cf. F. pointer. See {Point}, n.]
   1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or
      file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil.
      Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.

   2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
      a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.

   3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.

            Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
            Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.

   4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
      point a composition.

   5. To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

   6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
      special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
      error was pointed out. --Pope.

            He points it, however, by no deviation from his
            straightforward manner of speech.     --Dickens.

   7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.

   8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
      introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
      to a smooth surface.

   9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

   {To point a rope} (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
      end by interweaving the nettles.

   {To point a sail} (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
      holes of the reefs.

   {To point off}, to divide into periods or groups, or to
      separate, by pointing, as figures.

   {To point the yards} (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
      that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.

Pointed \Point"ed\, a.
   1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

   2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of
      expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a
      particular person or thing.

            His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope.

   {Pointed arch} (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.

   {Pointed style} (Arch.), a name given to that style of
      architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant
      feature; -- more commonly called {Gothic}. --
      {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

pointed
     adj 1: having a point [ant: {pointless}]
     2: direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often
        unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to
        what was going on"; "another pointed look in their
        direction"