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==Translingual==
{{wikipedia|Dagger (mark)}}

===Etymology===
Derives from the {{m|la|obelus}}, {{angbr|[[⸓]]}}. Originally shaped like a [[dagger]], it is now sometimes identical in shape to a {{w|Latin cross}}.

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol|name=dagger|name2=obelus}}

# [[died|Died]], [[dead]].
#: {{ux|mul|Joseph Smith, '''†'''1956|Joseph Smith, '''died''' in 1956}}
# {{lb|mul|typography}} Used to indicate a (second) {{l|en|footnote}}.
# {{lb|mul|biology|linguistics}} [[extinct|Extinct]].
# {{lb|mul|botany}} {{n-g|Used to indicated a destroyed [[type specimen]].}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|termlang=mul|year=1986|author=Charles Jeffrey|journal=Kew Bulletin|title=The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV|doi=10.2307/4102988|volume=41, number 4|page=906|passage="Type: Zaire, Ruwenzori, Butago valley, ''Mildbraed'' 2575 (holotype B'''†'''; isotype BR)."}}
# {{lb|mul|cricket}} {{n-g|Used in [[scorecard]]s to indicate the [[wicketkeeper]].}}
# {{lb|mul|chess|_|notation}} [[check|Check]].
#: {{syn|mul|+}}
# {{lb|mul|textual criticism|palaeography}} {{l|mul|crux critica}}, {{l|mul|crux desperationis}}, {{n-g|used around a [[corrupt]] part of a [[text]]}}
# {{lb|mul|music}} {{ng|A [[pointing mark]] in [[Anglican chant]], used in the [[margin]] to indicate a [[nonstandard]] place where a [[verse]] should be [[sing|sung]] with the [[second]] part of a two-part [[chant]]; typically used for the final verse of a [[psalm]] with an [[odd]] number of verses.}}
#: {{cot|mul|{{!}}|'|:|*|·|—|‖}}
# {{lb|mul|quantum mechanics|superscript}} [[Hermitian conjugate]] of
#: <math>(AB|\psi \rangle)^\dagger = \langle \psi |B^\dagger A^\dagger</math>

===See also===
* {{l|mul|*}}
* {{l|mul|‡}}

{{C|mul|Death}}