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Crossword-Solution: OBELUS 6 letters, 13 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

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Word Word Type Definition
Obelus n. A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a
needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected
passages or readings.

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Word Anagrams
OBELUS anagram BLOUSE, BOULES, SOBULE

We have 13 clues for the answer “OBELUS”

Clue Answers
Critical mark. 1 answer
Dagger, in printing 1 answer
Dagger-shaped editing mark 1 answer
Manuscript symbol 1 answer
Name for the ÷ sign 1 answer
Reference mark, as a dagger. 1 answer
mark used to indicate spurious words or passages 1 answer
Printer's dagger 2 answers
Reference mark 4 answers
Obelisk 8 answers
dagger printer 10 answers
Or 27 answers
Dagger 32 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AEAR
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with OBELUS (5)

But such was not the usage of Budaeus; he employed the obelus merely to call attention to something that interested him.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger Elias Avery Lowe and Edward Kennard Rand 2005
Thus at the end of the first letter of Book III we find a doubly pointed obelus opposite an interesting passage, the text of which shows no variants or editorial questionings.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger Elias Avery Lowe and Edward Kennard Rand 2005
The simple obelus apparently denotes interest, the pointed obelus great interest, the doubly pointed obelus intense interest, and the pointing finger of a carefully drawn hand burning interest.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger Elias Avery Lowe and Edward Kennard Rand 2005
The purpose of the doubly pointed obelus is plainly indicated here, as it accompanies two of these catchwords.
A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger Elias Avery Lowe and Edward Kennard Rand 2005
After the example of Origen, Paul introduced into his version _asterisks_ and _obeli_; the asterisk (*) to indicate insertions made in the text on the authority of manuscripts and other versions; the obelus (÷), to mark passages of doubtful character.
Companion to the Bible E. P. Barrows 2005
Where this answer appears

Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.

Used 8 times in crossword archives (1946–2019).