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obelo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dagger noun A short weapon with a pointed, double-edged blade, used for stabbing.

Senses

obelo is used for these senses in English:

  • dagger (weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
  • obelus (historical) A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.

dagger — full definition

  1. noun A short weapon with a pointed, double-edged blade, used for stabbing.
  2. noun The symbol †, used in writing to mark footnotes or, historically, a person's death.

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