mark
Webster Dictionary
to put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing
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accent
Webster Dictionary
a mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents
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countermark
Webster Dictionary
a mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy
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foreshore
(foreshore)
Princeton's WordNet
the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
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broad arrow
(broad arrow)
Princeton's WordNet
a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing
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marked
(marked)
Princeton's WordNet
having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
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tick
(ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a small dot, mark, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
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stress mark
(ɛs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mark placed before, after, or over a syllable to indicate stress in pronunciation; accent mark.
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wheal
Webster Dictionary
a more or less elongated mark raised by a stroke; also, a similar mark made by any cause; a weal; a wale
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brand
Webster Dictionary
to burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict)
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interrobang
(ɪnˈtɛr əˌbæŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a printed punctuation mark (&interrobang;), designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection.
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impress
Webster Dictionary
to produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something)
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line
Webster Dictionary
a more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line
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crease
Webster Dictionary
a line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced
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note
Webster Dictionary
a mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality
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brand
Webster Dictionary
a mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma
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mark
Webster Dictionary
preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark
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hatchment
Webster Dictionary
a sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in general, a mark of dignity
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prick
Webster Dictionary
to mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off
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footstep
Webster Dictionary
the mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom
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hallmark
(ˈhɔlˌmɑrk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
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stamp
Webster Dictionary
the mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression
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prime
Webster Dictionary
marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark
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mark
Webster Dictionary
limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark
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stigmatize
Webster Dictionary
to set a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy
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idiograph
Webster Dictionary
a mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark
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diacritic
(ˌdaɪ əˈkrɪt ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called diacritical mark. a mark, point, or sign, as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron, added or attached to a letter, as to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, or to indicate stress.
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point
Webster Dictionary
a mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion
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d-mark
(ˈdiˌmɑrk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a German mark; Deutsche mark.
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landmark
Webster Dictionary
a mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved
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