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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
obelisk \ob"e*lisk\ ([o^]b"[e^]*l[i^]sk), noun [L. obeliscus, Gr. 'obeli'skos, dim. of 'obelo's a spit, a pointed pillar: cf. F. ob['e]lisque.]
1. An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference; -- called also {dagger} [[dagger]]. See {Dagger}, noun, 2.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obelisk \Ob"e*lisk\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Obelisked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obelisking}.] To mark or designate with an obelisk.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), noun [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.]
1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk}, {Misericorde}, {Anlace}.
2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}.
{Dagger moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[ae] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.
{Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak.
{Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[dag]] which comes next in order after the dagger.
{To look daggers}, or {To speak daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
obelisk
noun
1: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
2: a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote [syn: {dagger}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "obelisk": antenna tower, arch, barbican, barrow, belfry, bell tower, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile, cenotaph, colossus, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith, derrick, dolmen, dome, fire tower, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, lantern, lighthouse, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, minaret, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, obituary, observation tower, pagoda, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, plaque, pole, prize, pylon, pyramid, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, shaft, shrine, skyscraper, spire, standpipe, steeple, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, television mast, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower, trophy, turret, water tower, windmill tower
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