FEATURE KEY
\fˈiːt͡ʃə kˈiː], \fˈiːtʃə kˈiː], \f_ˈiː_tʃ_ə k_ˈiː]\
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(Or "flower", "pretzel", "clover", "propeller","beanie" (from propeller beanie), splat, "command key") TheMacintosh modifier key with the four-leaf clover graphicon its keytop.The feature key is the Mac's equivalent of a control key(and so labelled on some Mac II keyboards). The proliferationof terms for this creature may illustrate one subtle peril oficonic interfaces. Macs also have an "Option" modifier key,equivalent to Alt.The cloverleaf-like symbol's oldest name is "cross ofSt. Hannes", but it occurs in pre-Christian Viking art as adecorative motif. In Scandinavia it marks sites of historicalinterest. An early Macintosh developer who happened to beSwedish introduced it to Apple. Apple documentation gives thetranslation "interesting feature".The symbol has a Unicode character called "PLACE OF INTERESTSIGN" (U+2318), previously known as "command key".The Swedish name of this symbol stands for the word"sev"ardhet" (interesting feature), many of which are oldchurches. Some Swedes report as an idiom for it the word"kyrka", cognate to English "church" and Scots-dialect "kirk"but pronounced /shir'k*/ in modern Swedish. Others say thisis nonsense. (http://fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2318/index.htm).
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- A German historian and poet; born in Neidenburg, East Prussia, Jan. 19, 1821; died at Munich, May 1, 1891. He studied severely Konigsberg home, wrote essays of deep scholarship; "Socialistic Elements Goethe's Wilhelm Meister"; tragedy, "The Death Tiberius", the ripest historical learning; "Corsica"; other most authoritative books travel description, based on close personal study. also "Euphorion", an epic, poems high repute. But his works, unsurpassed learning vivid realization spirit their times, are commanding monument genius. City Rome Middle Ages", "Lucretia Borgia", "Urban VIII"., Monuments Popes", "Athenais", need be named.