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Trade
·- imp. of Tread.
II. Trade ·v The trade winds.
III. Trade ·v Instruments of any occupation.
IV. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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trade
Implies the constant destination of any particular merchant vessels, as the Lisbon trade, West India...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mark
·noun Attention, regard, or respect.
II. Mark ·noun Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official stati...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Mark
The evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was h...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mark
A certain regulated length for Spanish sword-blades, under penalty of fine, and the weapon to seizur...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mark
one of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin su...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Anti-trade
·noun A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
II. Anti-trade ·a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trade name
·add. ·- An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trade union
·- An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trade-unionist
·noun A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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roaring trade
A quick trade.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coasting trade
The commerce of one port of the United Kingdom with another port thereof. A trade confined by law to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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inland trade
That which is wholly managed at home, and the term is in contradistinction to commerce. In China it ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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trade-room
A part of the steerage of a Yankee notion-trader where light goods and samples of the cargo are kept...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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trade-winds
Currents of air moving from about the 30th degree of latitude towards the equator. The diurnal motio...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bench mark
·add. ·- Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. Specif. : A horizontal mark at th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chatter mark
·add. ·- A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier.
II. Chatter mark ·add. ·- One ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hall-mark
·noun The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plimsoll's mark
·- A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indic...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Re-mark
·vt To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Akenside, Mark
(1721-1770)
Poet, s. of a butcher at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gave early indications of talent, and was...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lemon, Mark
(1809-1870)
Journalist and humorist, b. in London, wrote many theatrical pieces, and a few novels, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Napier, Mark
(1798-1879)
Historian, s. of a lawyer in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, practised as an advocate...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pattison, Mark
(1813-1884)
Scholar and biographer, b. at Hornby, Yorkshire, s. of a clergyman, ed. privately and a...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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"Twain, Mark"
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens), D.Litt.
(b. 1835)
American humorist. The Jumping Frog (1867), The Inno...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Mark Lane
South out of Fenchurch Street, at No. 55, to Great Tower Street at No. 67 (P.O. Directory). In Tower...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dollar mark
The origin of this sign to represent the dollar has been the cause of much discussion of late in t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ballast-mark
The horizontal line described by the surface of the water on the body of a ship, when she is immerse...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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flood-mark
The line made by the tide upon the shore at its greatest height; it is also called high-water mark. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-mark
A point or object distinguishable at sea, as promontories, steeples, rivers, trees, &c., forming imp...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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stray-mark
The mark at the junction of the stray and log lines.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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balance of trade
A computation of the value of all commodities which we import or export, showing the difference in a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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board of trade
A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mark Lane Station
At the south-east corner of Seething Lane, on the north side of Byward Street. In Tower Ward.
Occup...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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moll thompson's mark
M. T. i.e. empty: as, Take away this bottle, it has Moll Thompson's mark upon it.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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high-water mark
The line made by the water upon the shore, when at its greatest height; it is also designated the fl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mark, Gospel Of
By whom written.-The author of this Gospel has been universally believed to be Mark or Marcus, desig...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Mark, Gospel according to
It is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his information mainly fro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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London Tavern, Mark Lane
At the north-west corner of Mark Lane at its junction with Fenchurch Street, at Nos. 53 and 54 (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Star Alley, Mark Lane
West out of Mark Lane, north of Hart Street, and running north to Fenchurch Street. In Tower Ward (P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mary, Mother Of Mark
(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.