noun attention, regard, or respect.
2. mark ·noun badge or sign of honor, rank, or official station.
3. mark ·noun a characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
4. mark ·noun a license of reprisals. ·see marque.
5. mark ·noun an old weight and coin. ·see marc.
6. mark ·noun preeminence; high position; as, particians of mark; a fellow of no mark.
7. mark ·noun image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants.
8. mark ·noun limit or standard of action or fact; as, to be within the mark; to come up to the mark.
9. mark ·noun that toward which a missile is directed; a thing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach.
10. mark ·noun a character (usually a cross) made as a substitute for a signature by one who can not write.
11. mark ·noun a number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.
12. mark ·vt to keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
13. mark ·noun a fixed object serving for guidance, as of a ship, a traveler, a surveyor, ·etc.; as, a seamark, a landmark.
14. mark ·noun a character or device put on an article of merchandise by the maker to show by whom it was made; a trade-mark.
15. mark ·vi to take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
xvi. mark ·vt to leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
xvii. mark ·vt to put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
xviii. mark ·noun a trace, dot, line, imprint, or discoloration, although not regarded as a token or sign; a scratch, scar, stain, ·etc.; as, this pencil makes a fine mark.
xix. mark ·noun an evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character.
xx. mark ·vt to notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard.
xxi. mark ·noun one of the bits of leather or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. the unmarked fathoms are called "deeps.".
xxii. mark ·noun the unit of monetary account of the german empire, equal to 23.8 cents of united states money; the equivalent of one hundred pfennigs. also, a silver coin of this value.
xxiii. mark ·noun a visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; ·esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace.
xxiv. mark ·vt to be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate;
used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.