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Nov 30, 2009
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ob•e•lisk



Pronunciation: (ob'u-lisk), [key]
—n.
1. a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
2. something resembling such a shaft.
3. an obelus.
4. Print.dagger (def. 2).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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