1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.
2. printing the dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. also called dagger, obelus.

1. A tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point, frequently used as a monument.
2. the dagger sign (†), especially when used as a reference mark.

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. A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [†]. see dagger, n., 2.
3. to mark or designate with an obelisk.

1. A tapering shaft of rectangular plan, generally finished with a pyramidal apex.
2. in printing and writing, a sign resembling a small dagger (), and hence also called a dagger.

1. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
2. a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top