OBELUS
\ˈə͡ʊbləs], \ˈəʊbləs], \ˈəʊ_b_l_ə_s]\
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A mark [thus , or Ö ]; - so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
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A mark [thus , or Ö ]; - so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
By Noah Webster.
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n. [Greek] A mark thus [— or —], used in ancient manuscripts and in early printed books to mark an interpolation or a passage of doubtful authority;—in modem printing, noting a break or suspension of the sense, or a transition from one member of the sentence to another.
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