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bird point en · NOUN
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(US) A small flint arrowhead
Flint chips and flakes were scattered about. Here and there, every so often, one would find a point or blade. Occasionally, a tiny arrow-point (birdpoint) would surface.
1999, Bob Rampani, “Yesterday In Bridgeton, Site #6”, in Central States Archaeological Journal, volume 46, number 1, pages 9-10:She had watched the turned ground passing and had snatched up three partial arrowheads and a flint scraper and one fine complete bird point.
1997, Charles Frazier, “Ashes of Roses”, in Cold Mountain, New York: Atlantic:
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