† interstinctiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Serving to divide or mark off. interstinctive point, a punctuation-mark.
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distinction1552
stay1596
stop1598
interpunction1617
punctc1620
punctum1652
interpoint1684
interstinctive point1696
dot1699
interpunctuation1717
guard-stops1866
distinctive1874
interpunct1898
punctus elevatus1951
punctus versus1951
punctus1954
1696 J. Wallis Let. 8 Sept. in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) I. 78 [To see] whether the notes of Parenthesis ( ) be used: and what care is taken of the interstinctive points,;:.
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