abram | dark brown, golden brown [from ‘auburn’] |
addition | attribute, mark of honour, distinction [as if added to a coat--of-arms] |
admired | wonderful, amazing, remarkable |
Antony, Mark | Roman leader in 1st-c BC |
apostrophus | mark of elision |
badge | outward sign, symbol, mark |
badge | mark [as if by a badge], stain |
bark | ship, vessel |
bark | strip the bark from, tear away |
bark about | encrust, form a crust [cover as with tree-bark] |
barked | stripped, peeled bare, destroyed |
barky | bark-covered |
bay | bark at, howl at |
bay | baying, barking, howling |
bestained | stained all over, marked with stains |
bit | marked, scarred |
black | dark-complexioned, swarthy |
black | dark complexion |
black-cornered | full of dark places to hide |
blind | dark, black |
blister | burn-mark |
blot | obscure, darken, cloud |
blue | [of eyes] dark-circled, shadow-rimmed |
bound | determine, mark out, define |
brain | (plural) witticisms, clever remarks |
brand | mark of infamy, stigma, disgrace |
brand | mark indelibly, make conspicuous |
brown | of dark complexion, sunburnt, burnished |
bulwark | rampart, fortification |
bulwark | shelter, safeguard, means of escape |
card | [compass-card, on which the 32 points of the compass are marked] model, accurate guide |
cave-keeping | cave-dwelling; living in darkness |
Cheapside | East End street, a main market area, near St Paul's, London |
checkered | patterned, with varied markings |
chiding | barking, brawling, angry noise |
cicatrice | scar, scar-like mark |
Ciceter | ['siseter] Cirencester, market town in Gloucestershire |
clinquant | glittering with gold or silver, gleaming, sparkling |
clout | [archery] pin fixing a target, cloth patch at the centre of a target; mark, bull |
collied | blackened, darkened, murky |
comment | criticism, objection, carping remark |
course | Roman festive chase [held to mark Lupercalia] |
coverture | protective darkness, cover, concealing shade |
dark | unfavourable, malignant, evil |
dark | sad, melancholic, gloomy |
dark | undivulged, secret, unrevealed |
dark | eclipse, obscure, cloud |
dark | in the dark |
darken | obscure, eclipse, deprive of fame |
darking | darkening, setting |
darkling | in the dark, in darkness |
darkly | frowningly, ominously; gloomily |
darkly | cunningly, subtly, secretly |
darkly | obscurely, cryptically, enigmatically |
dash | stroke, mark, sign |
dearn | dreary, dark, wild |
denote | mark out, single out, distinguish |
dern | dread, dark, sombre |
dern | dreary, dark, wild |
descant | develop a theme about, comment, make remarks |
design | indicate, designate, mark out |
Deucalion | son of Prometheus, who survived with his wife Pyrrha in an ark when Zeus flooded the world; restored humanity by throwing stones over their shoulders, which turned into people |
difference | [heraldry] variation, distinguishing mark [on a coat-of-arms] |
dint | impression, force, mark |
dispark | convert [a park] to other uses, change the nature of [a park] |
drowning-mark | indication of death by drowning |
dun | dark, murky, gloomy |
dusky | dark, shadowy |
ebon | dark, sombre |
effect | sign, mark, token, manifestation |
elvish-marked | marked out at birth by evil fairies, displaying spite |
emballing | investment with the orb [as a mark of sovereignty] |
embark | engage in an enterprise, involve in an undertaking |
Erebus | 'darkness', son of Chaos, the place where Shades passed on their way to Hades |
Ethiop | Ethiopian, African, person with a dark countenance |
favour | mark of favour, gift, token [often a love-token] |
favour | token worn as a mark of identity or friendship |
fitful | full of fits, marked by paroxysms |
footing | landing, disembarking, setting foot on shore |
glance | miss the mark, be ineffective |
glister | glitter, sparkle, gleam |
glistering | glittering, shining, sparkling |
glistering | brilliance, sparkle, shining nature |
glooming | gloomy, dark, dismal |
hark | listen |
hearken | look forward to, lie in wait for |
hearken | listen [to], pay attention [to] |
hearken | inquire into, find out about |
hearken | be on the lookout, await an opportunity |
hearken | hanker for, be attracted to |
hearken | desire, be attracted to |
heavy | gloomy, dark, overcast |
hit | hit the mark with, get at, reach |
Indian | dark-complexioned, dark-haired |
inship | put on board a ship, embark |
lark's-heels | larkspur |
lightless | dark, hidden, yielding no light |
lime | lime-juice [added to wine to improve its sparkle] |
lime | mix wine with lime [to add to its sparkle] |
London Stone | ancient stone, possibly Roman, once a city landmark in Cannon Street, London |
loose | marksman not attached to a company |
lour | frown, scowl, look dark and threatening |
louring | gloomy, threatening, dark |
mark | note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] |
mark | notable sight, object of serious attention |
mark | target, goal, aim |
mark | reach, aim, range |
mark | (plural) insignia, regalia |
mark | birthmark, discolouration, blemish |
mark | mark used as a signature by an illiterate person |
mark | destine, brand, designate |
mark | shot at a target |
mark | accounting unit in England (value: two-thirds of a pound) |
mark | in an apologetic exclamation, after referring to something unpleasant |
market | purchase, spending opportunity, outlay |
market | marketing [i.e. profitable use] |
market | opportunity to make a profit |
market-man | man who trades in a market |
marking | noting, notice, attending [to] |
markman | marksman |
Marshalsea | debtor's prison in Southwark, London |
mart | market |
mart | sell, market, traffic in |
marvel | strange, remarkable |
melancholy | dark, dismal, gloomy |
mervailous | marvellous, amazing, remarkable |
mock | act of mockery, mocking remark, derisive action, scornful irony |
Moorfields | site once used for training militia, near Moorgte, London; later, a popular park |
morris, nine men's | area marked out in squares for playing nine men's morris [a type of open-air game using nine ‘men’ on each side] |
mouth | bark, baying, howl |
nick | [unclear meaning] cut through, maim; do out of, cheat of; mark with foolishness |
night | darkness, blackness |
nighted | dark, black as night |
note | reproach, stigma, mark of disgrace |
note | sign, mark, token |
open | [hunting] bark at finding a scent |
overshoot | [miss a target by shooting too high] go astray in aim, wide of the mark |
pale | fenced land, park, enclosure |
park | enclose, contain, shut in [as if in a park] |
park | hunting ground |
park-ward | direction of Windsor Great Park |
passing | ringing to mark a death |
patch | blotch, mark, cover over |
Philippi | battle site in Thrace, Asia Minor, a victory for Mark Antony |
pill | [of bark] peel, strip |
pinch-spotted | discoloured with pinch-marks |
pip | mark on a playing card [as used in the game of ‘one-and-thirty’] |
pitchy | pitch-dark, black, inky, dark |
pittie-ward | direction of Windsor Little Park |
pleasure | pleasure ground, park |
press | impress [as a stamp on a coin], imprint, mark |
prick | mark down, pick out, select [for death] |
prick | [on a sundial] mark, point, division |
prick | mark (down), put on a list, record in writing |
prick | marker, pointer, indication |
prick | choose, select, mark down |
puke-stocking | dark-coloured woollen stocking |
quarter day | [day marking a quarter of the year, when house tenancies would change] removal day |
quintain | heavy post used as a mark for tilting practice |
reason | observation, remark, point |
remarkable | wonderful, extraordinary, exceptional |
rooky | filled with rooks, black, dark |
sad | dark-coloured, sober-hued |
Saint Edmundsbury | Bury St Edmunds, market town in Suffolk; site of the shrine of St Edmund and a place of pilgrimage |
Saint George's Field | area of Southwark, London, well known for its brothels |
scale | measuring mark, graduated line, calibration |
score | mark up, chalk up, add to the tally |
score | make a mark for, chalk up a score for |
seal | mark [as if by a seal], designate |
seal | mark by seal, put one's name to, agree |
sea-mark | prominent landmark used as a guide for sailors, beacon |
sententious | full of wise remarks, ready with acute observations, pithy |
shadowed | shaded, darkened; also [heraldry]: faintly drawn |
shadowing | foreshadowing, ill-boding, darkening |
shambles | meat-market, slaughter-house |
shark up | [like a shark] gather together indiscriminately, collect hastily and uncritically |
shot | armed soldier, gunner, marksman |
sieve | basket, hold-all, container [especially for market produce] |
sightless | dark, black, impenetrable |
sign | mark distinctively, bear a signature |
smirched | marked, soiled, stained |
solemn | dark, sombre, gloomy |
spark | young blade, man about town, dude |
sparkle | send out sparks |
spend | [hunting] bark, bay, give tongue |
spot | mark |
spotted | person deemed guilty, one marked out for death |
staggers | horse disease marked by a staggering movement |
Stamford | market town in Lincolnshire, with a tradition of fairs |
stamp | impression, mark, imprint |
stamped | marked [as with a stamp], imprinted |
stark | rigid, stiff [as in death] |
starkly | stiffly, rigidly, set fast |
stigmatic | misshapen individual, person marked by physical deformity |
strange | remarkable, startling, abnormal, unnatural |
struck | marked, provided, beset |
sunburnt | of dark complexion, not fair-skinned [and therefore unattractive] |
swart | swarthy, dusky, of dark complexion |
swart-complexioned | dark-faced, black-looking |
swarth | swarthy, dusky, of dark complexion |
swooning | shown by fainting, marked by loss of the senses |
tale | remark, statement, utterance |
Tartar | someone from Tartary, C Asia; known for pitilessness; also, a stereotype of dark complexion |
thicken | grow dim, darken |
throw | throwing distance, mark |
tirra-lyra | onomatopoeic representation of the sound of the lark |
token | sign, evidence, mark |
tokened | shown by marks, spotted, blotchy |
toll | enter for sale in the toll-book [tax register] of a market |
type | title, stamp, distinguishing mark |
type | mark, sign, indication |
unbruised | unmarked, uncrushed, undamaged |
undinted | unmarked by blows, without dents |
unhatched | unmarked, unhacked; or: undrawn |
vendible | saleable, marketable, sought-after |
wag | talk foolishly, utter silly remarks |
warren | hunting park, land used for breeding game |
wide | wide of the mark, mistaken |
wipe | mark, brand, scar |
wonderful | wonderfully, remarkably, incredibly |
word | remark, speech, utterance |