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virgule|ˈvɜːgjʊl|
[a. F. virgule, or ad. L. virgula virgula.]
1. A thin sloping or upright line (/, {vb}) occurring in mediæval MSS. as a mark for the cæsura or as a punctuation-mark (frequently with the same value as the modern comma). Now also in more general use with various functions (see quots.). Cf. slash n.1 5.
1837Hallam Hist. Lit. i. viii. §26 In the manuscripts of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed out by a virgule. 1895W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 111 According to Orozco y Berra these virgules or commas represent the verb to blow or to hum. 1946G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 487 The technical name of the short slanting stroke between and and or in the device is virgule. 1962Gen. Systems VII. 299/2 Its mate is suffixed with a slant (virgule), thus: 4006 How to Silence. 4006/ How to Sound. 1980O. M. Riccio Intimate Art Writing Poetry v. 138 The vertical lines (virgules) separate the feet that make up the line.
2. Clock-making. (See quot.)
1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 284 [A] Virgule..[is] an escapement having points of resemblance to the verge and to the horizontal. |