Obelus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obelus \Ob"e*lus\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[u^]s), n.; pl. {Obeli}
     ([o^]b"[e^]*l[imac]). [L., fr. Gr. 'obelo`s, prop., a spit.]
     (Print.)
     A mark [thus ---, or /]; -- so called as resembling a needle.
     In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected
     passages or readings.


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