merk

Noun

mark (plural marks)

1. (obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.
2. (obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.
3. A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
   • I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.1859, Henry Bull, A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes
4. The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
5. (archaic) A type of small region or principality.
   • There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.1954, J R R Tolkien, The Two Towers
6. (historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.

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Verb (1)

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

1. (intransitive) To make murky or be murky; to cloud or obscure, or to be clouded or obscured.
   • Dawn had been murking through the smoky windows, growing stronger for half an hour...1918, Booth Tarkington, The Magnificent Ambersons

Verb (2)

murk (third-person singular simple present murks, present participle murking, simple past and past participle murked)

1. (ambitransitive, slang) To kill or eliminate.
   • That's why he was able to catch Crush out there sleeping and why he murked him before he could ask him any questions.2010, Dana Dane, Numbers, page 232
2. (ambitransitive, slang) To beat up; to injure.
   • cause we be murkin from the boogie
     And shittin on the crowds
     'cause they jive fakin woody.1991, Camp Lo, Coolie High
3. (ambitransitive, slang) To eliminate; to defeat overwhelmingly.
   • POV: You're about to get murked by two of Philly's finest on the court. | @myteamtoyota2022 March 5, NBC Sports PhiladelphiaTwitter

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