Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A finger-post, guide-post, milestone, or the like.
Wiktionary
- n. A sign or symbol marked in a prominent position in an off-road location to show the track of a footpath or route
- n. A map coordinate stored within a satellite navigation system
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A mark to guide in traveling.
Etymologies
- way + mark (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A list of the waymark trees I know would not fit on these pages - where do you want to start?”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I also found that if there are not enough geocaches around I can waymark!”
“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!”
“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.”
“He was still only a waymark to the kingdom of folly, but she had made a beginning, and she would persevere.”
“Its very simplicity gives it weight, and it is quite consistent with the habits of the Indians, and their nice observation; for the rock, though unimportant, is yet the largest in sight, and its position near the outlet would make it a very natural waymark to them.”
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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