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▪ I. ˈwaymark, ˈway-mark, n.
An object, whether natural feature or artificial structure, which serves as a guide to the traveller. Also fig.
1611Bible Jer. xxxi. 21 Set thee vp way-markes. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 2 Wherein it seems there was continual fire kept for the way-mark of travellers. 1703Thoresby Diary (1830) I. 424 Now it is so naked that there is not so much as one [tree] left for a way-mark. 1780Cowper Progr. Error 117 Is this the path of sanctity? Is this To stand a way-mark in the road to bliss? 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 19 Survival in Culture, placing all along the course of advancing civilization way-marks full of meaning to those who can decipher their signs. 1882Pusey Paroch. & Cathedr. Serm. xv. 211 The brilliant way-marks in the corners of our else dark streets are the palaces for the drunken. 1899Baring-Gould Bk. West II. viii. 131 High towers..serve as waymarks over land that was all formerly waste.
▪ II. ˈwaymark, v.
[f. the n.]
trans. To provide or identify (a path) with waymarks. Hence ˈwaymarked ppl. a., ˈwaymarking vbl. n.
1960Guardian 5 Nov. 6/3 The Ramblers' Association..is cleft..over the question of ‘waymarking’ paths and routes by means of blobs of coloured paint. Ibid. 9 Nov. 8/3 The plan to provide ‘waymarking’ on some popular British fells. 1973Village Autumn 51 Walkers on the Continent or in America find themselves well supplied with long-distance trails and with waymarked paths in tourist areas. 1982Walker's Britain 328/2 There are still several stretches where the waymarking is incomplete because public rights of way have not been obtained. 1983Out of Town July 72/2 Much effort and imagination has gone into waymarking the walks. |