Points
. Armed at all points. “Armé de toutes pièces,” or “Armé jusquʹ aux dents.” “Armed at all points exactly cap-à-pie.”
To stand on points. On punctilios; delicacy of behaviour.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.