Assertion: mark | /r/ObjectUse | used in medieval texts
Facets:
value: for denoting things such as abbreviations
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Another possibility is that it was originally a tilde or titlo, as in ·~, one of many wavy or more or less slanted marks used in medieval texts for denoting things such as abbreviations, which would later become various diacritics or ligatures.