mark

1. mark (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.

2. mark (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.

Example: As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.

3. mark (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.

Example: George, on receiving it, instantly rose from the side of one of them, and said, in the hearing of them all, ‘I will bet a hundred merks that is Drummond.’