Category:Obelisk

Ob"e*lisk, n. Etym: [l. obeliscus, gr. obélisque.]

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.

2. (print.)

Defn: a mark of reference; -- called also dagger [&dag;]. See dagger, N., 2.

Obelisk Ob"e*lisk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obelisked; p. pr. & vb. n. Obelisking.]

Defn: to mark or designate with an obelisk.