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- 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.
- Obelisk - n. - A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2.
- Obelisk - v. t. - To mark or designate with an obelisk.
- Obelisked - imp. & p. p. - of Obelisk
- Obelisking - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Obelisk