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noun
1.
an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
2.
any mark or special indication of genuineness, good quality, etc.
3.
any distinguishing feature or characteristic: Accuracy is a hallmark of good scholarship.
verb (used with object)
4.
to stamp or imprint (something) with a hallmark.
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Hallmarked
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hall·mark·er, noun
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hallmark
1721, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, site of the assay office. General sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864.
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