marker vs starboard

marker

noun
  • The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column or marks the direction of an alignment. 

  • A counter, especially one used in card games. 

  • A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. 

  • Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt. 

  • A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. 

  • A substance used as an indicator for diagnosis or other analysis, a biomarker. 

  • A personal favor owed to someone, whether written or not. 

  • A free or bound morpheme indicating a grammatical function. 

  • A sewing machine attachment that creases the fabric to mark a line 

  • Someone who assigns marks on tests, examinations, etc.; a grader. 

  • The ink marks or residue of a felt-tipped pen. 

  • A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores. 

  • A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for. 

  • A player on defense used to mark one or more offensive players. 

  • A device that fires a paintball. 

  • A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment. 

verb
  • To mark or write on (something) using a marker 

starboard

noun
  • The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object. 

  • One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two. 

verb
  • To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel. 

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