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obelus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obelus \Ob"e*lus\, n.; pl {Obeli}. [L., fr Gr 'obelo`s, prop., a spit.] (Print.) A mark [thus ---, or /]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
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