ASTERISK
\ˈastəɹˌɪsk], \ˈastəɹˌɪsk], \ˈa_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_s_k]\
Definitions of ASTERISK
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The figure of a star, thus, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
By Oddity Software
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The figure of a star, thus, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
By Noah Webster.
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The figure of a star used in printing or writing as a reference mark, or to indicate letters or words omitted.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A star, used in printing, thus: in the Greek Ch. an appliance in the form of a star or cross, with the ends bent to serve as supports, placed during the liturgy over the paten so as to keep the cover of the latter from touching the sacred bread.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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