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Obelisk : (noun)
1: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering
towards a pyramidal top
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference
or footnote [syn: dagger]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Obelisk : \Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. ?, dim. of ? a spit,
a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.]
1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it
rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It
is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly
covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger
[[dagger]]. See Dagger, n., 2.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Obelisk : \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obelisked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Obelisking.]
To mark or designate with an obelisk.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F.
daguer. See Dag a dagger.]
1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general
term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk,
Misericorde, Anlace.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger
[[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one
reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
Dagger moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus Apatalea.
The larv[ae] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit
trees, etc.
Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the
old Moralities. --Shak.
Double dagger, a mark of reference [[dag]] which comes next
in order after the dagger.
To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or
reproachfully.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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