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An old weight and coin. See Marc. "Lend me a mark." Chaucer.

Remarkable. [Obs.] Sandys.

Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- Mark"ed*ly, adv. J. S. Mill. A marked man, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.…

See Marquee.

One who or that which marks. Specifically:

cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week. He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. Shak. Three women and a goose make a market. Old Saying.

Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacayemarketable.

Quality of being marketable.

One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.

The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.

A market place. [Obs.] Drayton.

A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.

The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as, the marking of a bird's plumage. Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen. -- Marking nut (Bot.), the nut of the Semecarpus Anacardium, an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yield…

A marquis. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A marchioness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A marksman. [Obs.] Shak.

One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.

Skill of a marksman.

Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.

Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birthmark, . . . a snake. Sir T. North.