Siamese cat including the Cornish Rex, Sphynx, Peterbald, and the blue point Siamese cat. The Siamese cat comes in two distinct variations: traditional, with an apple-shaped head and a slightly chubby body; or the modern Siamese, which are very skinny and have a wedge-shaped head. Both a description and depiction of the Wichienmaat (Siamese cat) first appears in a collection of ancient manuscripts called the Tamra Maew (The Cat-Book Poems) thought to originate from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351 to 1767 AD). Over a dozen are now kept in the National Library of Thailand, while others have resurfaced outside of Thailand and are
The point (ice hockey) or are tipped goals. In the early years of ice hockey, the two defencemen were known as the "point" and "cover-point" players. The term "the point" may have been derived from that early terminology. The point played further back, while the cover-point was allowed more latitude to roam forward. The point (ice hockey) The point is a term in ice hockey to indicate a position inside the opposition's blue line along the edges of the rink. A player in the opponent's end zone at the junction of the blue line with the boards is said to be at the point.