[ser-if] 
| a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M. |
ser·if (sěr'ĭf)  (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.] |