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A pair of ticks meaning 'the same as the line above'.
Also known as: Do., Two marks meaning same as above, Quote marks under a list entry
Two short marks below an entry in a list, standing for whatever is directly above them. It saves writing in a column and it is a common source of ambiguity in old records, because nothing says how far up the repetition reaches.
A pair of short marks placed beneath an entry in a column to indicate that the entry directly above is repeated.
Frequently ambiguous in historical records, where it may repeat a single word, a whole entry or only part of one, and nothing in the mark says which. Genealogical and census transcription errors turn on exactly this.
A ditto mark records that something repeats, not how much of it.
Two short marks side by side, like a pair of raised commas or straight ticks, centred beneath the entry above.