Obelus
Obelus (ob"e*lus) , noun
[Latin, from Greek 'obelo`s, prop., a spit.]
(Printing) A mark [thus —, or ÷]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
Obelus (ob"e*lus) , noun
[Latin, from Greek 'obelo`s, prop., a spit.]