mark
/mɑɹk/ noun A2- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic feature. · A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A written character or sign. · The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
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The Wicked Witch was both surprised and worried when she saw the mark on Dorothy’s forehead, for she knew well that neither the Winged Monkeys nor she, herself, dare hurt the girl in any way.
“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.
“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
Other matches
- mark To put a mark on A2
- mark A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equiva... C2
- 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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