Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asterisk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asterisk \As"ter*isk\, n. [L. asteriscus, Gr. ?, dim. of 'asth`r
star. See {Aster}.]
The figure of a star, thus, ?, used in printing and writing
as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply
the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase
as having a special character.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
asterisk
n : a star-shaped character * used in printing [syn: {star}]
v : mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable
sentences" [syn: {star}]
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