noun. A sign indicating that something is to be removed from printed or written matter.

transitive verb. To remove, especially from printed or written matter; delete.

transitive verb. To mark with a sign indicating deletion.

A Middle English form of deal.

noun. An obsolete form of dell.

Take out; remove: a word used in proof-reading as a direction to printers to remove a superfluous letter or word, and usually expressed by its initial letter in the distinctive script form , or some variation of it.

Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: �.

transitive verb. To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

transitive verb. To deal; to divide; to distribute.

verb. to delete

noun. a sign signifying deletion