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A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet.

To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash.

The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash.

To mark out. [Obs.] R. North.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.

The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.

That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.

A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

To mark off; to denote. [Archaic] These terms denotate a longer time. Burton. What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.

The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.

Having power to denote; designating or marking off. Proper names are preëminently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour. The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak.

To mark with, or as with, color; to color. Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. Fairfax.

Mutu So dark adependence or order. Sir T. More.

A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.