Obeliscal

ob·e·lisk  (b-lsk)

n.

1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.

2. Printing The dagger sign (), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.

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[Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos, a spit, obelisk.]

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obe·liscal (-lskl) adj.

obe·liskoid (-koid) adj.