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Obelisked :: Obelisked (imp. & p. p.) of Obelis.

Pyramidion :: Pyramidion (n.) The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2..

Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk..

Column :: Column (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column..

Needle :: Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc..

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) 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..

Obeliscal :: Obeliscal (a.) Formed like an obelisk.

Obelisk :: Obelisk (v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk.

Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument..

Obelisking :: Obelisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelis.

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