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# {{lb|en|typography|obsolete|or|historical}} A [[medieval]] [[punctuation mark]] [[similar]] to the [[slash]] ⟨'''[[{{l|mul|/]]}}'''⟩ or [[pipe]] ⟨'''[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line{{l|mul|{{!}}]]}}'''⟩ and [[use]]d as a [[scratch comma]] and [[caesura]] [[mark]].

#* {{quote-book|en|year=1990|author=John McDermott|title=Punctuation for Now|page=20|passage=Other [[Chaucerian]] manuscripts had the [[virgule]] (or [[virgil]] or [[oblique]]: [[{{l|mul|/]]}}) at the middle of lines.}}

# {{lb|en|typography|dated}} A [[slash]], ⟨'''[[{{l|mul|/]]}}'''⟩ or ⟨'''[[{{l|mul|／]]}}'''⟩, ''[[particularly]]''.
## {{lbng|en|literature}} in [[its]] [[use]]Used to [[mark]] [[line]] [[break]]s within [[quote]]s.}}

# {{lb|en|typography|dated}} A [[pipe]], ⟨'''[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line{{l|mul|{{!}}]]}}'''⟩, ''[[particularly]]'' {{lb|en|poetry}} in [[its]] [[use]] to [[mark]] [[metrical]] [[feet]].

* {{sense|all}} {{l|en|virgula}} {{qualifierq|rare}}, {{l|en|virgil}} {{qualifierq|UK|obsolete}}

* {{sense|scratch comma}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|comma}}'''

* {{sense|caesura mark}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|caesura}}'''

* {{sense|oblique line}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|slash}}'''

* {{sense|vertical line}} ''See'' '''{{l|en|pipe}}'''