| double obelisk (‡) |
| Definition: A printer's mark used to indicate footnotes. |
| Usage:
1. Use it to indicate a third footnote when both an asterisk and an obelisk have already been used. |
| Etymology:
The word derives from the Greek obeliskos, which is the diminutive of obelos, pointed pillar or needle.
Note: Ancient Greek editors would put obelisks in the margins of manuscripts to indicate lines that were of doubtful origin. |