Hypertext Webster Gateway: "virgule"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Virgule \Vir"gule\, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of
virga. See {Verge} a rod.]
A comma. [R.]
In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a
c[ae]sura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule.
--Hallam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
virgule
n : a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {diagonal}, {stroke},
{separatrix}]
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