Definition of: silver point

1. A drawing implement consisting of a slender silver rod pointed at one end, or of silver wire held in an etching-needle holder.
2. The process of drawing with such an implement.
3. A drawing made with a silver point on paper coated with a white pigment, as Chinese white, characterized by delicacy of line, and often by a tarnish which is highly esteemed.
4. Physics The melting point of silver at normal atmospheric pressure, 960.5° C.: one of the basic points in the international temperature scale.