Trí troisciud immurco tantum la Colum Cilli in ando .i. aidchi Notlacc Steill .i. post .xii. nataleis & ochtmad (i)mbairgine Coluim Cilli i suidiu & seilind & bochtan ais maith, [...]

c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 68, pages 115-179:

However, Colum Cille recognized three fasts only in the year: the eve of Epiphany — that is, twelve days after Christmas, and the eighth part of Colum Cille’s loaf at that time, with a seland and a bochtan of good milk...

Hé férde tó Burch tó Sc̃e Petres mynstre and þǽr drohtnode .xii. geár

s.a. 1072, Peterborough Chronicle (in Old English):

He travelled to Bury, to the monastery of St Peter, and dwelled there for twelve years

And ſeke to this in the .xii. chapitre in the lettre D. […]

[1528?], Jherom Bruynswyke, translated by Laurence andrew, The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes […] (in English), [London]:

[…] thoſe thynges, which ſhall be ſayd hereafter, in the .ix. the .x. yͤ .xiiii. and the .xviii. chapitres of this preſent dyccyon.

1535 July 27, [Marsilius of Padua], translated by Wyllyam Marshall, The Defence of Peace: […] (in English), [London]: […] Robert wyer / for wyllyam marshall, folio 65, recto:

The first duodecalogue, partely exciting partely directing a man in spirituall batail, explains how one must go about the strenuous acquisition of vertue (103) .. The second duodecalogue, "the .xii. wepenis of spiritual bataile" (109-13) gives practical help for the Christian pursuing the holy life

a. 1536, A Companion to Thomas More (in English), published 2009, page 107:

Shaxton. The .xiii. Article

1548, Robert Crowley, The confutation of the xiii articles [of] Nicolas Shaxton (in English):

And this volume thus finiſhed the laſt day of Aprill in this yeare of oure Lorde GOD .1557.

1557 April 30, Wyllyam Rastell [i.e., William Rastell], “To the Moste Hygh and Vertuous Princesse, Mary by the Grace of God, Quene of Englande, […]”, in Thomas More, edited by Wyllyam Rastell, The Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, […] (in English), London: […] Iohn Cawod, Iohn Waly, and Richarde Tottell, →OCLC, signature .ii., verso:

a. 1560, Virgill, Thomas Phaër, transl., “The Ninth Booke of the Aeneidos of Uirgil”, in The Whole .xii. Bookes of the Æneidos of Virgill (in English), London: […] Wyllyam How, for Abraham Veale, published 1573:


Hamburgevons

(typography) A word of no meaning but containing all essential forms of the Latin alphabet, used for assessing the design and appearance of a typeface.


(late medieval texts) The punctus elevatus, marking a disjunction or pause in a text greater than that of the virgula suspensiva (the solidus).


(Teuthonista)
(phonetics) Voiced (of a click letter)


The words \ˈmeɪri\ (Mary), \ˈmɛri\ (merry) and \ˈmæri\ (marry) are all pronounced /ˈmɛri/ in General American, whereas \ˈspɑː\ (spa) and \ˈspɑːr\ (spar) are both pronounced /ˈspɑː/ in Received Pronunciation.

(linguistics) Encloses diaphonemic transcription.


(poetry) Alternative form of ˘ (unaccented syllable)


(editorial siglum, New Testament) A mark for alternative readings: ⟨⸀⟩ is placed before a single word that is replaced by other words in some manuscripts.

editorial siglum; New Testament; editorial siglum; New Testament


(editorial sigla, New Testament) Delimiters for alternative readings: ⟨⸂ ⸃⟩ bracket a sequence that is replaced by other words in some manuscripts.

editorial sigla; New Testament; editorial sigla; New Testament


(editorial siglum, New Testament) A mark for extended readings: ⟨⸆⟩ is placed at a point in the text where some manuscripts have longer wording.


(editorial siglum, New Testament) A transposition mark: ⟨⸈⟩ is placed before a word or verse that is transposed in some manuscripts.


(editorial sigla, New Testament) Transposition delimiters: ⟨⸉ ⸊⟩ bracket a sequence that is preserved in a different order in some manuscripts.


(editorial siglum, Nordicist) The opening insertion delimiter: see ⟨⸌ ⸍⟩.


(editorial sigla, New Testament) Omission delimiters: ⟨⸋ ⸌⟩ bracket a sequence that is omitted in some manuscripts.


In hrut⸌r⸍, the r has been inserted, and some texts read hrut.

(editorial siglum, Nordicist) Insertion delimiters: ⟨⸌ ⸍⟩ bracket a sequence that is omitted in some manuscripts.


(Nko) Paraphrase delimiters: ⟨⸜ ⸝⟩ bracket paraphrased text.


Combines with a letter, digit or symbol to replicate keys on a keyboard or buttons on a push-button phone.


(linear algebra, physics) Denotes a tensor quantity.


♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪

Encloses subtitled text that is sung or in a singsong intonation.


We can write la{t,d}er for the conflated pronunciation of ladder and latter in American English. This may instead be written ⫽laDer⫽, where ⫽D⫽ is the archiphoneme {t, d}, or with both conventions for {laDer}.

(linguistics) Encloses morphophonemic transcription.


For example, the first stroke in 飞.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 橫 (“horizontal”) + 斜 (“slant”) + 鉤 (“hook”).


For example, the first stroke in 奊.

(Chinese calligraphy) The stroke combination 豎 (“vertical”) + 折 (“bent”) + 撇 (“left-falling”).


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the dot added to cells to specify a reading as a (lower-case) Greek letter.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠀⟩: ⡀ ⢀ ⣀


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the dots added to cells to specify a reading as a capital Greek letter.


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in script (handwriting-style) typeface.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠈⟩: ⡈ ⢈ ⣈


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in bold typeface.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠘⟩: ⡘ ⢘ ⣘


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in italic typeface.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠨⟩: ⡨ ⢨ ⣨


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in a defined font.


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in Fraktur typeface.


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being in roman typeface.


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) marks the following text as being underlined.

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠸⟩: ⡸ ⢸ ⣸


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the opening square bracket, ⟨[⟩

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠦⟩: ⡦ ⢦ ⣦


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the closing square bracket, ⟨]⟩

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠴⟩: ⡴ ⢴ ⣴


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the opening parenthesis, ⟨(⟩

Braille eight-dot extensions from ⟨⠆⟩: ⡆ ⢆ ⣆


(Gardner–Salinas proposal) the closing parenthesis, ⟨)⟩


Landa scripts:

Gurmukhi script: ੀ (ī)

Khojki script: 𑈮 (ī)

Devashesha:

Takri script: 𑚯 (ī)

Dogra script: 𑠮 (ī)

Sharada vowel ī, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆆 (ī).


Landa scripts:

Gurmukhi script: ੇ (e)

Khojki script: 𑈰 (e)

Devashesha:

Takri script: 𑚲 (e)

Dogra script: 𑠳 (e)

Sharada vowel e, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆍 (e).


Landa scripts:

Gurmukhi script: ੈ (ai)

Khojki script: 𑈱 (ai)

Devashesha:

Takri script: 𑚳 (ai)

Dogra script: 𑠴 (ai)

Sharada vowel ai, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆎 (ai).


Landa scripts:

Gurmukhi script: ੋ (o)

Devashesha:

Takri script: 𑚴 (o)

Dogra script: 𑠵 (o)

Sharada vowel o, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆏 (o).


Landa scripts:

Gurmukhi script: ੌ (au)

Devashesha:

Takri script: 𑚵 (au)

Dogra script: 𑠶 (au)

Sharada vowel au, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆐 (au).


Sharada vowel ṛ, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆉 (ṛ).


Sharada vowel ṝ, the diacritic vowel form of 𑆊 (ṝ).


(computing, typography) is a non-breaking space and is a space character that prevents an automatic line break.

(computing, typography) Used as a graphics for control codes.


His """solution""" only caused more problems.

(hyperbolic) Encloses text that the author absolutely disapproves of; an exaggerated scare quote.

(computing) Encloses text that may contain line feeds, single quotation marks, and other characters that aren't allowed in single quotation marks; sometimes used for docstrings.


The suspension mark, marking a single-letter abbreviation


Iacob begat Ioſeph the huſbande of Mary / of which was boꝛen that Ieſus / that is called Chꝛiſt. ⹐

1534 November, Willyam Tindale [i.e., William Tyndale], transl., The Newe Testament […] (Tyndale Bible) (in English), Antwerp: […] Marten Emperowr, Matthew i:[16], folio ii, verso:

Marks the end of a liturgical section in the gospels.