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Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

The frontier of a country; confines. [Obs.] Shelton.

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' Compa…

Same as Demarcation.

See under Satin.

A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.

s, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

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.

A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

To mark wrongly.

A long, closely fitting cloak.

A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; -- so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.

A mark or pit made by smallpox.

Marked by smallpox; pitted.

The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.

To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out. [Obs.] Thou art a man remarked to taste a mischief. Ford. His manacles remark him; there he sits. Milton.

Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. 'T is remarkable, that they Talk most who have the least to say. Prior. There is nothing left remarlable Beneath the visiting moon. Shak.

One who remarks.