"mark with a white stone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: marks with a white stone [present, singular, third-person], marking with a white stone [participle, present], marked with a white stone [participle, past], marked with a white stone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mark with a white stone (third-person singular simple present marks with a white stone, present participle marking with a white stone, simple past and past participle marked with a white stone)
  1. (transitive) To mark as particularly fortunate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mark_with_a_white_stone-en-verb-owWwUIDD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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