| 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 |