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Mark Tuinei Biography
Mark TuineiAge: 39 offensive lineman who helped the Dallas Cowboys win Super Bowls in 1993, 1994 and 1996; played 15 seasons in the NFL, including all but nine games between 1989-96; came to…Mark Fidrych Biography
baseball playerBorn: August 14, 1954Died: April 13, 2009 (Massachusetts, USA) Best Known as: baseball player Mark Fidrych, better known to baseball fans as…Brewer's: Hall Mark
The mark on gold or silver articles after they have been assayed. Every article in gold is compared with a given standard of pure gold. This standard is supposed to be divided into twenty-…Brewer's: Ear-marked
Marked so as to be recognised. The allusion is to marking cattle and sheep on the ear, by which they may be readily recognised. “The increase [of these wild cattle] were duly branded and…Brewer's: Mark Banco
An hypothetical quantity of fine silver, employed as a money-valuer in the old Bank at Hamburg, and used by the Hanseatic League. Deposits in gold and silver coins were credited in Marco…Brewer's: Mark of the Beast
(The). To set the “mark of the beast” on an object or pursuit is to denounce it, to run it down as unorthodox. Thus, many persons set the mark of the beast on theatres, some on dancing,…Brewer's: Save the Mark
In archery when an archer shot well it was customary to cry out “God save the mark!” —i.e. prevent anyone coming after to hit the same mark and displace my arrow. Ironically it is said to…Brewer's: Pitt's Mark
The printer's name and place of business affixed to printed books, according to William Pitt's Act, 39 Geo. III., c. 79. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Printers Marks
? is—that is, the first and last letters of quæstio (question). ! is . lo in Latin is the interjection of joy. S is a Greek p (), the initial letter of paragraph. is used by the Greek…Brewer's: Trade Mark
A mark adopted by a manufacturer to distinguish his productions from those made by other persons. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Trade WindsTrade A B C…