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ch the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).

Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.

marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; as, ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. Opposite of revolutionary. [WordNet 1.5]

ral regions, as opposed to a city or town. As they walked, on their way into the country. Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). God made the covatry, and man made the town. Cowper. Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. Macualay.

THe ground or path traversed; track; way. The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. Pennant.

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] "A covenable day." Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).

nd in an hour. -- To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. -- Covering party (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. -- To cover into,…

An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [Slang]

ief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1.

or's pardon. Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.

A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, howewer produced.

Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

ess of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence. That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton.

ength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

creasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes. Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. Spenser.

A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.