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mark with a white stone

mark with a white stone verb: to mark as particularly fortunate.

Verb

mark with a white stone (third-person singular simple present marks with a white stone, present participle marking with a white stone, simple past and past participle marked with a white stone)

  1. (transitive) To mark as particularly fortunate.
    • If we ever do reap any harvest from our little experiment, it will be a day to be marked with a white stone.1885, Annie Brassey, In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties
    • Sunday — yesterday — was a day to be marked with a white stone […]1851, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857), Chapter 25, quoting a letter written by Charlotte Bronte dated June 2, 1851

Forms of mark with a white stone

third-person singular presentmarks with a white stone
present participlemarking with a white stone
past participlemarked with a white stone
pastmarked with a white stone

Questions about mark with a white stone

What does mark with a white stone mean?
Mark with a white stone means to mark as particularly fortunate.
What part of speech is mark with a white stone?
Mark with a white stone is a verb.
What is the past tense of mark with a white stone?
The past tense of mark with a white stone is marked with a white stone.

Words near mark with a white stone in the dictionary

  1. mark to model
  2. mark tree
  3. mark trees
  4. Mark Twainish
  5. mark up
  6. mark with a white stone
  7. mark'd
  8. mark-making
  9. mark-to-market
  10. mark-to-markets
  11. mark-to-model

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