mark
/mɑɹk/ noun C2- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
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He opened the window and made the mark on the sill to give an idea of how the murderer escaped.
Where her lips touched the girl they left a round, shining mark, as Dorothy found out soon after.
“I don’t profess to know the meaning of it,” said Cecil Barker; “but I have seen the mark on Douglas many times this last ten years.”
“Many a time when the master has rolled up his sleeves I have noticed that very mark.
Other matches
- mark A stone or post used to indicate position and g... A2
- mark To put a mark on A2
- mark A former currency of Germany and West Germany. C2
- mark down To reduce the price of.
- mark off To separate by or as with a boundary line.
- mark out To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land,...
- mark up To increase the price of something between its ...
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