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A straight horizontal stroke used as a mark in books; = obelisk, n. 2(a). Obsolete.
A stroke or line (usually short and straight) made with a pen or the like, or resembling one so made… A horizontal stroke of varying length (-, —…
a curved dash ∼, used in dictionaries to stand for the headword of an entry or for a specified part of it.