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[ser-if] Pronunciation Key
[ser-if] Pronunciation Key –noun Printing.
| a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M. |
Also, especially British ceriph.
[Origin: 1835–45; perh. < D schreef line (in writing), akin to schrijven to write]
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ser·if
(sěr'ĭf) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) n. A fine line finishing off the main strokes of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M. [Perhaps from Dutch schreef, line, from Middle Dutch scrēve, from scriven, to write, from Latin scrībere; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| serif | |
noun | |
| a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character |
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