denotes some remarkable passage.
Asterisk
refers to some note in the margin, or remarks at the bottom of the page; and when many stand together, thus ***, they imply that something is wanting, or not fit to be read, in the author. The
Obelisk
or
Dagger
, and also parallel lines marked thus (||), refer to something in the margin. The
Caret
, marked thus (^), is made use of in writing, when any line or word is left out, and wrote over where it is to come in, as thus,
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had A certain man two sons: ^ |