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This is the closest I found to your rough translation:

ודייק ותמצא קל

Sources: here, and here


Two others I found (also quite similar):

ועיין דבריי ותמצאם קלים and ודקדק ומצא קושטא

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Some of the things it might stand for:

  • ודייק ותמצא קל
  • ודוחק קצת
  • ודוק וקל
  • ועיין דברי ותמצאם קלים
  • ודקדק ומצא קושטא
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2In my humble opinion this is the correct answer - logically, it always fits this explanation, you will also notice that the other term the Maharsha will finsh with is וד"ל implying that it is easily understood (unlike ודו"ק) which needs more investigation... –  EHS Nov 19 at 13:06
Somewhere floating around this site is a picture of a manuscript of Rashi where you can see that the divrei hamatchil were written with a quotation mark. I can't find it, but I'm almost positive @avi posted it. –  Menachem Nov 19 at 16:56
here it is: judaism.stackexchange.com/a/13390/603 –  Menachem Nov 19 at 17:41


וויפיל דו וועסט קוועטשן, קדחת וועסט דו ווערן


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I heard another version of the same line: וויפיל דו וועסט קראצ'ן, קדחת וועסט דו וויסן "No matter how much you sit on the matter, you will still know nothing." –  EHS Nov 19 at 12:59


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