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A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.

(computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.

A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.

A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.

A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.

A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.

(botany) Synonym of style.