Part 6841

<syn>Syn. -- To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.</syn>

<h1>Mark</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mark</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.</def>

<blockquote><b>Mark</b>, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh maschief. <i>1 Kings xx. 7.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Markable</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mark"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Remarkable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<h1>Marked</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Marked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; <as>as, a <ex>marked</ex> card; a <ex>marked</ex> coin; a <ex>marked</ex> instance.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Mark"ed*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <i>J. S. Mill</i>.</wordforms>

<cs><col>A marked man</col>, <cd>a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion.</cd></cs>

<h1>Markee</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar*kee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Marquee</er>.</def>

<h1>Marker</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mark"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who or that which marks</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A counter used in card playing and other games.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.</def>

<h1>Market</h1> <Xpage=896>

<hw>Mar"ket</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to D. <ets>markt</ets>, OHG. <ets>mark\'bet</ets>, <ets>merk\'bet</ets>, G. <ets>markt</ets>; all fr.L. <ets>mercatus</ets> trade, market place, fr. <ets>mercari</ets>, p. p. <ets>mercatus</ets>, to trade, traffic, <ets>merx</ets>, <ets>mercis</ets>, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to <ets>merere</ets> to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. <ets>march\'82</ets>. See <er>Merit</er>, and cf. <er>Merchant</er>, <er>Mart</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; <as>as, a <ex>market</ex> is held in the town every week</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, <b>markets</b>, fairs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Three women and a goose make a <b>market</b>. <i>Old Saying.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.</def>

<blockquote>There is at Jerusalem by the sheep <b>market</b> a pool. <i>John v. 2.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; <as>as, to find a <ex>market</ex> for one's wares; there is no <ex>market</ex> for woolen cloths in that region; India is a <ex>market</ex> for English goods.</as></def>

<blockquote>There is a third thing to be considered: how a <b>market</b> can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the <b>market</b>. <i>J. S. Mill.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; <as>as, a dull <ex>market</ex>; a slow <ex>market</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.</def>

<blockquote>What is a man If his chief good and <b>market</b> of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Market</i> is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, <i>market</i> basket, <i>market</i> day, <i>market</i> folk, <i>market</i> house, <i>market</i>man, <i>market</i> place, <i>market</i> price, <i>market</i> rate, <i>market</i> wagon, <i>market</i> woman, and the like.</note>

<cs><col>Market beater</col>, <cd>a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>.</cd> -- <col>Market bell</col>, <cd>a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Market cross</col>, <cd>a cross set up where a market is held. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Market garden</col>, <cd>a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.</cd> -- <col>Market gardening</col>, <cd>the raising of vegetables for market.</cd> -- <col>Market place</col>, <cd>an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held.</cd> -- <col>Market town</col>, <cd>a town that has the privilege of a stated public market.</cd></cs>