Ped.M glyph in Emmentaler

[Daniel Spreadbury]

I'm currently looking in detail at the repertoire of glyphs included in 
Emmentaler to cross-check it against the repertoire of glyphs currently 
encoded in SMuFL[1], in an effort to ensure that there are no glaring 
omissions.

Jan Nieuwenhuizen and David Kastrup have been very kind in trying to 
answer some of the questions that have arisen, but I am wary of wearing 
out my welcome with them. So instead I am coming to the community to see 
if anybody can help me. Here is my first question.

The glyph Ped.M (code point U+E17C) looks a bit like a bold, italic 
hyphen. Does anybody know what its purpose might be?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Daniel (at Steinberg)

[1] http://www.smufl.org/

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