Definitions
A sign, grade, spot, or written symbol; also to make a mark.
Word origin
From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).
Used in a sentence
“I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.”
“There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.”
“depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Grade on a test”4 letters
02“Grade or visible spot”4 letters
03“Leave a stain on”4 letters
04“Spot or grade”4 letters
05“Teacher's grade”4 letters
06“Test score notation”4 letters
07“Visible spot”4 letters
08“Visible spot or grade”4 letters
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