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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Countermark \Coun`ter*mark"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[aum]rk"), v. t.
To apply a countermark to; as, to countermark silverware; to
countermark a horse's teeth.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Countermark \Coun"ter*mark`\ (-m?rk`), n.
1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order
to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special
mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several
persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence
of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or
silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to
attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark
added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its
change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.
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2. (Far.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses
that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their
age.
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