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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
obelisk
    n 1: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering
         towards a pyramidal top
    2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or
       footnote [syn: dagger, obelisk]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obelisked
   ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]skt); p. pr. & vb. n. Obelisking.]
   To mark or designate with an obelisk.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obelisk \ob"e*lisk\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]sk), n. [L. obeliscus, Gr.
   'obeli`skos, dim. of 'obelo`s a spit, a pointed pillar: cf.
   F. ob['e]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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger
      [[dagger]]. See Dagger, n., 2.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

   Dagger moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The
      larv[ae] 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 [[dag]] which comes next
      in order after the dagger.

   To look daggers, or To speak daggers, to look or speak
      fiercely or reproachfully.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Obelisk:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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