spec. = cuneiform, adj. 2a. Cf. arrowhead, adj. 1.

Of a character in a writing system or a stroke in painting: having the shape of a nail head. Cf. nail head, n. 2b. Now rare.

= cuneiform, adj. 2a. Cf. arrow-headed, adj. 2.

Having no openings or passages for light. Of an alphabetic letter: written or printed with the loop closed or filled in: spec. in Typography…

Placed or lying across each other; marked with lines drawn across; (of a letter) written with lines crossing at right angles. Of a cheque: marked…

Of letters: Connected by a band.

in the same senses.

tied with a ligature; (of letters) united in a ligature.

having a pot-hook (sense 2).

Pebble-shaped.