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A mark or pit made by smallpox.

Marked by smallpox; pitted.

The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick.

Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.

a kind (the highest throw), similar to poker; also, the dice used in this game, esp. when marked with the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, and nine instead of the usual digits.

A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.

of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool.

, the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.

me marine gastropod shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry.

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

g that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. -- Pot metal. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass,…

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton.

A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!" Shak.

etween the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave. The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high. Landois & Stirling.

nward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to encroach. They pressed upon him for to touch him. Mark iii. 10.

Ready money; a loan of money. [Obs.] Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks. Bacon.

unt of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in money or other means of exchange; current value or rate paid or demanded in market or in barter; cost. "Buy wine and milk without money and wit…

A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence:

The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [Obs.]

A pointed steel punch, to prick a mark on metal.