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ning to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. Shak.

Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering flooors, etc.

Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows; as, ondoyant glass.

24. That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- At one, in agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab. -- Ever in one, continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- In one, in union; in a single w…

to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. -- Seller's option, an option allowed to one who contracts to deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. Such option…

A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, o…

A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [R.] Milton.

A person of marked eccentricity. [Colloq.]

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

n shooting; to shoot beyond. Bacon. Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. Norris.

To sell beyond means of delivery. [Brokers'Cant] Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold "short" to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery.

shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7.

To fly beyond the mark. Collier.

o lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.

To fill too full; to supply in excess; as, to overstock a market with goods, or a farm with cattle.

e's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or seleng them; to overstock the market.

The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

r other water on or near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See lst Scalp, n. -- Oyster catcher (Zoöl.), any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Hæmatopus, which frequent seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species (H. ostralegus), the common American s…

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuskript; to furnish with folios.

The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.