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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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mark n.
1. a piece of material or a knot used to indicate a depth on a sounding line.
2. a target: few bullets could have missed their mark.
mark time (of troops) march on the spot without moving forward.
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Marcus in the Bible: see Mark, Saint .
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Mark see Mark, Saint .
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