Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A finger-post, guide-post, milestone, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mark to guide in traveling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sign orsymbol marked in aprominent position in anoff-road location to show thetrack of afootpath orroute - noun A map coordinate stored within a satellite navigation system
Etymologies
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Examples
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A list of the waymark trees I know would not fit on these pages - where do you want to start?
Landmark Firs Peter Ashley 2008
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But these trees were not indigenous to southern England, and whilst self-seeded from their forebears, the originals were deliberately planted in a very dim and distant past to mark critical points on trackways, be it a crossroads, junction or simply to act as a waymark.
Landmark Firs Peter Ashley 2008
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Unfortunately it then started to go completely the wrong direction and then we came to our first exit route at a waymark which pointed down through cow pasture to the normal route.
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However, we got to the first little bridge over the river and there was a UTMB sign on the road pointing across it and up the hill on a track withot a waymark … so we decided to follow it, assuming it would just follow the same route but above the road.
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Fortunately, when we got to the waymark where the paths diverged we met a group of Brits, mostly similar ages to ourselves, carrying much smaller packs and with a guide.
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Fortunately, when we got to the waymark where the paths diverged we met a group of Brits, mostly similar ages to ourselves, carrying much smaller packs and with a guide.
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I also found that if there are not enough geocaches around I can waymark!
Treasure hunt The List Writer 2008
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It was kind of a landmark on I-44 and even though I never dined there, I used it as a waymark for giving directions right along with the Camelot across the street!
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It appears that Mr. Wait, mistaking his way at this point, nearly perished in a snow-storm, and erected this waymark for the benefit of future travellers.
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He was still only a waymark to the kingdom of folly, but she had made a beginning, and she would persevere.
The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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