"grow to a point"WordplayAct 1,Scene 2Lines 9-10An explanation of the wordplay in the phrase “grow to a point” in Act 1, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bottom then read the names of the actors, and so grow to a point. A quince is a wooden wedge used by carpenters in the construction of buildings; it comes to a point.