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Watermark

A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Marker 76% connected

One who or that which marks.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Water line 92% connected

Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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