The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
A part broken off; a fragment.
A sharp projection.
A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
A medical injection, a jab.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
A flap, a tear in a clothing
A cleft or division.
A fit, spell, outburst.
A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
To tease.
To cut unevenly.