countermark

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English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ mark.

Noun

countermark (plural countermarks)

  1. A mark or token added to those already existing, as a security or proof.
  2. (farriery) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.

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Verb

countermark (third-person singular simple present countermarks, present participle countermarking, simple past and past participle countermarked)

  1. (transitive) To apply a countermark to.
    to countermark silverware
    to countermark a horse's teeth

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “countermark”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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