English Dictionary: obeli | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Obelus \[d8]Ob"e*lus\, n.; pl. {Obeli}. [L., fr. Gr. 'obelo`s, prop., a spit.] (Print.) A mark [thus [mdash], or [f6]]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings. |