A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.[from 14th c.]
1859, Henry Bull,A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes:
I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was amark for travellers.
(archaic) A type of small region or principality.[from 18th c.]
1954, J R R Tolkien,The Two Towers:
There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of theMark of Rohan.
(historical) Acommon, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.[from 19th c.]
depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every othermark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.
A characteristic feature.[from 16th c.]
A good sense of manners is themark of a true gentleman.
there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures andmarks of mercy.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton], “III.iv.2.6”, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy:[…], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire:[…] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC:
Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; amark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
A written character or sign.[from 10th c.]
The font wasn't able to render all the diacriticalmarks properly.
A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.[from 11th c.]
With eggs, you need to check for the qualitymark before you buy.
But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolateHermitage is thatHouſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee[God], and vvhat aVVayue, andStray is thatMan, that hath not thyMarkes vpon him?
A particular design or make of an item(now usually with following numeral).[from 15th c.]
I am proud to present my patented travelator,mark two.
(India,British) Ascore for finding the correct answer, or otheracademic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.[from 19th c.]
A skilfull archer ought first to know themarke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.
1786, Francis Grose,A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page37:
To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standingmark, except it was for a rover, and then he was to change hismark at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at anymark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.[from 14th c.]
2009, Michael Benson,Cons and Frauds, Infobase,→ISBN,page21:
Another common form of short con is the shell game. This scam has the advantage of giving the criminal the ability to rip off manymarks all at one location.
Amark saies my Lady. Let themark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, inMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London:[…][Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton andRalph Griffiths][…],→OCLC:
her thighs were still spread, and themark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his[…].
(Rugby football, Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in afree kick.[from 19th c.]
(sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.[from 19th c.]
(product design/engineering) Themodel number of a device; a devicemodel.
TheMark I system had poor radar, and the Mark II was too expensive; regardless, most antiaircraft direction remained the responsibility of the Mark I Eyeball (as the jocular phrase calls it): that is, the operator's eye.
Limit or standard of action or fact.
to be within themark
to come up to themark
Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
1605, William Shakespeare,The Tragedy of Coriolanus:
In the officialmarks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
(nautical) One of the bits of leather or colouredbunting placed upon asounding line at intervals of from two to fivefathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
(heading)Attention.
1604, William Shakespeare,Measure for Measure:
But faults so countenanced, that the strong statutes Stand like the forfeits in a barber's shop, as much in mock asmark
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Advertisements are from time to time inserted, stating that slaves have escaped[…]marked with the lash, branded with red-hot irons, the initials of their master’s name burned into their flesh;
What Uncle Marc had been through as a slavemarked him, I’m sure, but I don’t know how much. How can you know what a man would be like if he had grown up unmarked by horror?
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality thatmarks most advanced countries today […].
To create an indication of (a location).
She folded over the corner of the page tomark where she left off reading.
Some animalsmark their territory by urinating.
To be anindication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
The black dress, gold cross on the watch-chain, the hairless face, and the soft, blackwideawake hat would havemarked him as a holy man anywhere in all India.
1968,Bessie Head, chapter 1, inWhen Rain Clouds Gather[14], Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, published2013, page 1:
His long thin falling-away cheekbonesmarked him as a member of either the Xhosa or Zulu tribe.
Although the Second World Warmarked a turning away from inorganic chemicals as pesticides into the wonder world of the carbon molecule, a few of the old materials persist.
He bent his eyes involuntarily upon the father as he spoke, andmarked his uneasiness, for he coloured directly and turned his head away.
1881,John Bascom, “Improvements in Language” inThe Western: A Journal of Literature, Education, and Art, New Series, Volume 7, No. 6, December, 1881, p. 499,[26]
[…] it is to be remembered that a poor speller is a poor pronouncer. The ear does notmark the sound any more exactly than the eyemarks the letters.
Dan was tomark while the doctor and I played [billiards].
(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
(Australian rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in afree kick.
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1824,James Hogg,The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published2010, page42:
George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundredmerks that is Drummond.’
2011, Thomas Penn,Winter King, Penguin, published2012, page167:
He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundredmarks.
ströva omkring imarkerna(for example) ―roam thecountryside
Det är torrt imarkerna.(focusing on wild areas like forests, etc.)
There are dry conditions.
(literally, “It is dry inthe lands.”)
vara ute iskog och mark
be out in thewoods and fields
(literally, “be out in the forest and (wild) land”)
1996,Drängarna [The Farmhands], “Kung över ängarna [King of[over] the Meadows]”, inFint vettö [Nice Y'know][30]:
Jag lägger mig i gräset ner. Ligger still och baraler.Slumrartill ochsnarkar tyst. Drömmer om en kvinnasbyst. Då ser jag nån som emot mig går,liderlig medutsläppt hår. Hon ärvacker som en dag. I samma stundsåvaknar jag.Svär [bit hard to make out the S] etttag men tänker sen: Hon kommer nog till mig inatt igen.Ännu lyser solen stark i skog ochmark.
I lie down in the grass["Jag lägger mig ner i gräset" is the usual word order.Ner(“down”) can be skipped]. [I] lie still and just grin [or smile]. [I] doze off and snore quietly. [I] dream of a woman's bosom. Then I see someone walking towards me["Då ser jag nån som går emot mig" is the usual word order], lustful[in an unrestrained manner – old-fashioned – often used to imply "lecherous," but also more generally] with her hair let down[with out-released hair]. She is pretty as a picture["beautiful as a day" – idiom]. At that moment[in the same moment] I wake up. [I] swear for a bit but then [I] think: She will probably come to me tonight again["Igen inatt" is a more common word order in Swedish as well]. The sun still shines bright["yet shines (V2 word order) the sun strong" – could be translated as "still the sun shines bright" to match, but sounds less awkward in Swedish] in woods and fields["forest andland" – idiomatic].[Could also be put in the present continuous. Matches the intuition in Swedish with the [I]s. See the usage notes for-r.]
ground (distance, etc., similar to English – sometimes figuratively)
Löparen tappademark på sista varvet. ―The runner lostground on the last lap.
Partiet harvunnit mark. ―The party hasgained ground.
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