A conventional symbol (such as *, †, or ‡) or number in a document, often shown as a superscript, used to refer a reader to a footnote or endnote.

A percussion instrument consisting of many small chimes hanging from a bar, played by sweeping a finger or stick across them.

A congenital mark upon the body; a naevus.

The hash or pound sign (#). / (American football) An inbounds line. / (ice hockey) One of the parallel lines on either side of the face-off circles.

(soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken

(idiomatic) A single, circular, dark spot, especially on one side of a woman's face below the forehead, produced either naturally (as by a mole) or artificially using cosmetics.

(nautical) The identifying mark of a shipping company, displayed on the ship's funnel (smokestack).

(engineering) One of the fine undulations or ripples formed on the surface of work by a cutting tool which chatters. / (geology) A short crack on a rock surface planed smooth by a glacier.

plural of mark tree

A red birthmark formed of hemangiomas of small, closely-packed bloodvessels