Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cippus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cippus \Cip"pus\, n.; pl. {Cippi}. [L., stake, post.]
A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an
inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as
for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for
sepulchral inscriptions, etc. --Gwilt.
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