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Asterisk
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Asterisk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/asterisk.html. 1828.