Obelisk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Obelisk	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Obelisk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obelisk n a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote Synonym(s): dagger, obelisk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obelisking}.] To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, n. [L. obeliscus, Gr. [?], dim. of [?] a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob[82]lisque.] 1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger} [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, n., 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk}, {Misericorde}, {Anlace}. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}. {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak. {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes next in order after the dagger. {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.