ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

lighthouse, balize † ; polestar, loadstar † , lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction,
name; sign, signboard.
[Of the future] warning &c 668; omen &c 512; prefigurement &c 511.
[Of the past] trace, record &c, 551.
[Of danger] warning &c 668, alarm &c 669.
[of authority]. scepter &c 747.
[of triumph]. trophy &c 733.
[of quantity]. gauge &c 466.
[Of Distance] milestone, milepost.
[Of disgrace], brand, fool's cap.
[For detection], check, telltale; test &c (experiment) 463; mileage ticket; milliary † .
notification &c (information) 527; advertisement &c (publication) 531.
word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying
cry; angelus † ; reveille; sacring bell † , sanctus bell [Lat.].
exposition &c (explanation) 522, proof &c (evidence) 463; pattern &c (prototype) 22.
V. indicate; be the sign &c n.. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify &c (evidence) 467; bear
the impress &c n.. of; connote, connotate † .
represent, stand for; typify &c (prefigure) 511; symbolize.
put an indication, put a mark &c n.; note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket,
docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.
make a sign &c n.. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon;
nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up
the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, suit the action to the word
[Hamlet].
wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner &c n.; wave the
hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue &c (inform) 527; show one's colors; give an alarm,
sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.
sign, seal, attest &c (evidence) 467; underline &c (give importance to) 642; call
attention to &c (attention) 457; give notice &c (inform) 527.
Adj. indicating &c v., indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical,
representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic † , symptomatic,
characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual
&c (special) 79.
known by, recognizable by; indicated &c v.; pointed, marked.
[Capable of being denoted] denotable † ; indelible.
Adv. in token of; symbolically &c adj.; in dumb show.
Phr. ecce signum [Lat.]; ex ungue leonem [Lat.], ex pede Herculem [Lat.]; vide ut
supra; vultus ariete fortior [Lat.].
551. Record -- N. trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark † ,
footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste † .
monument, hatchment † , slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column,
monolith; memorial; memento &c (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration
&c (celebration) 883.
record, note, minute; register, registry; roll &c (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday
book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement † , inscription, copy,