waymark
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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We have just passed "the Watchman," an island which serves as a waymark for the entrance to that station.
From With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador by La Trobe, Benjamin
Why did her thoughts cling so to distant Sunnybank, or her heart die within her as waymark after waymark told her Collingwood was near?
From Darkness and Daylight by Holmes, Mary Jane
He was still only a waymark to the kingdom of folly, but she had made a beginning, and she would persevere.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon
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.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various
This little place is situated amid romantic sylvan and river scenery, while its church on the top of a hill serves as a waymark.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
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