countermarkn.
/ˈkaʊntəmɑːk/ 1. An additional mark put on something which has been marked before, for greater security, etc.
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a. A second or third mark placed on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants.
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b. the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company (hallmark) upon gold and silver articles, added to that of the artificer, to show that the metal is standard.
c. a mark stamped upon a coin after its issue from the mint, to denote a change of value, etc.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > obverse or reverse of coin > device stamped on > mint-mark > countermark
countermarkc1503
c1503 ( Indenture in R. Arnold Chron. f. xl/2 And shall marke euery vesell therof with the marke of the said Iohn de castro and the Countirmarke of the same I. bolle.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vi. 215 A blemish on the Countermark in some Medals.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Counter, In Goldsmiths Works, &c. the Counter-Mark is the Mark or Punchion of the Hall, or Company, to shew the Metal is Standard, added to that of the Artificer that made it.
1806 G. Gregory Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 446 Counter-marks are distinguished..in this, that being struck after the medal, they are indented.
1866 Athenæum No. 2009. 567/1 An angel of Henry the Eighth with countermark.
1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xvii. 217 The small types called countermarks were evidently struck on the coin after it had left the mint.
d. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > water(-)mark
watermark1708
waterline1779
foolscap1795
watermarking1849
countermark1927
1907 C. M. Briquet Les Filigranes I. 14/2 Dans le reste de l'Italie, en France et en Allemagne, à partir de 1550, les papetiers placèrent une contremarque ou second filigrane, symétriquement avec le premier, au centre du second feuillet de la feuille.]
1927 R. B. McKerrow Introd. Bibliogr. i. viii. 102 Later papers, from about 1670, often have a second watermark, termed a ‘counter-mark’ and generally consisting of the maker's initials, in the centre of the opposite half of the sheet.
1937 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper 125/1 Countermark is the smaller or subsidiary watermark found in antique papers in addition to the main watermark or mark proper... The countermark is generally placed in the second half of the sheet opposite the main mark.
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1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 7 Mr. Camdens words relating to the Countermark B, are only saxa quae vocantur Cronets.
3. (See quot. 1728.)
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-Mark of a Horse, an Artificial Cavity, which the Jockeys make in the Teeth of Horses that have out-grown the Natural Mark; to disguise their Age, and make 'em appear as if they were not above six Years old.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
countermarkv.
/ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːk/ transitive. To furnish with a countermark: see countermark n.
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society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > be distinctive mark on [verb (transitive)] > put identifying mark on
betoken1382
signa1398
tokena1400
note1490
brand1587
countermark1611
signate1616
countersign1662
counter-note1665
lug-marka1699
check1928
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Contrasegnare, to countermarke.
1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 7 He hath..countermarked them with the Letter B.
1726 N. B. Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 143/2 A Horse is said to be countermark'd, when his Corner-teeth are artificially made hollow,..a false Mark being made in the hollow Place, in Imitation of the Eye of a Bean; to conceal the Horse's Age.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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