Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CIPPUS
Cip "pus, n.; pl. Cippi. Etym: [L., stake, post. ]
Defn: A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Gwilt.
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