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9. Badge or sign of honor, rank, or official
station.

In the official marks invested, you

Anon do meet the Senate.

10. Preëminence; high position; as,
patricians of mark; a fellow of no mark.

11. (Logic) A characteristic or
essential attribute; a differential.

12. A number or other character used in
registering; as, examination marks; a mark for
tardiness.

13. Image; likeness; hence, those formed in
one's image; children; descendants. [Obs.] "All the mark
of Adam." Chaucer.

14. (Naut.) One of the bits of leather
or colored bunting which are placed upon a sounding line at intervals
of from two to five fathoms. The unmarked fathoms are called
"deeps."

A man of mark, a conspicuous or eminent
man. -- To make one's mark. (a) To
sign, as a letter or other writing, by making a cross or other
mark. (b) To make a distinct or lasting
impression on the public mind, or on affairs; to gain
distinction.


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