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pil⋅crow

  [pil-kroh]
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–noun
a paragraph mark.
Origin:
1400–50; appar. alter. (perh. conformed to crow 1 ) of late ME pylcraft(e), perh. < OF paragrafe, pelagraphe paragraph
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pil·crow   (pĭl'krō')   
The symbol (¶).

[Alteration of Middle English pilcraft, pilcrow, paragraph, alteration (perhaps influenced by Middle English craft, skill, work, piece of work) of Old French paragrafe, pelagraphe, paragraph; see paragraph.]
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