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• The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end generally. (Rare.) "The coronis of this matter is thus: some bad ones in this family were punishd strictly, all rebuked, not all amended."-Bp. Hacket. Also in Greek gram, a sign of contraction (') placed over a syllable.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons