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gallow glyphs

gallow glyphs is the plural of gallow glyph.

Meaning of gallow glyph

Noun

gallow glyph (plural gallow glyphs)

  1. A specialized, ornate gallows-like glyph or character that appears frequently in the mysterious Voynich manuscript; sometimes compared to T, K, F, or P; visually distinct from other characters, appearing as tall, loop-topped figures that often extend into the upper margins; alternatively theorized to serve as structural, decorative markers, acting similarly to a pilcrow (¶).

Questions about gallow glyphs

What is gallow glyphs the plural of?
Gallow glyphs is the plural of gallow glyph.

Words near gallow glyphs in the dictionary

  1. Gallovidian
  2. Gallovidians
  3. gallow
  4. gallow character
  5. gallow glyph
  6. gallow glyphs
  7. gallow tree
  8. gallow trees
  9. gallowa
  10. gallowas
  11. galloway

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