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obelism
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Obelism — Three basic variants of dotted obelos glyphs. Obelism is the practice of annotating manuscripts with marks set in the margins. Modern obelisms are used by editors when blue penciling a manuscript or typescript. Examples are stet (which is Latin… … Wikipedia
obelism — ˌlizəm noun ( s) Etymology: Middle Greek obelismos, from Greek obelizein to obelize + ismos ism : the act of obelizing … Useful english dictionary
obelize — obelism, n. /ob euh luyz /, v.t., obelized, obelizing. to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus. Also, esp. Brit., obelise. [1605 15; < Gk obelízein, equiv. to obel(ós) OBELUS + izein IZE] * * * … Universalium
Dagger (typography) — † redirects here. For the album by Justice, see † (album). Double dagger redirects here. For the punk rock band, see Double Dagger. †‡ Dagger … Wikipedia
Proofreading — traditionally means reading a proof copy of a text in order to detect and correct any errors. Modern proofreading often requires reading copy at earlier stages as well. Proofreading in printing and publishing A proof copy is a version of a… … Wikipedia
Coronis (textual symbol) — For the diacritic used to mark synalepha between two words, see crasis. The final lines of Hypereides In Philippidem with a coronis (in concert with forked paragraphos) marking the end of the speech (P.Lit.Lond. 134 col. ix, 2nd century BCE). A… … Wikipedia
Paragraphos — ( para beside, graphos written) literally meant in ancient Greek papyri anything that was written beside the main text, e.g. marginal note or sign to mark the close or beginning of a sentence. There are many variants of this symbol. The Greek… … Wikipedia
Obelisk (disambiguation) — Obelisk may refer to: Obelisk, a tall, thin, four sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top; originally from ancient Egypt Obelisk, fictional weapon in game Command and Conquer Dagger (typography) (†), a punctuation mark also called… … Wikipedia
