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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HALL-MARK
HALL-MARK
Hall
"-
mark
`, n.
Defn:
The
official
stamp
of
the
Goldsmiths'
Company
and
other
assay
offices,
in
the
United
Kingdom,
on
gold
and
silver
articles,
attesting
their
purity.
Also
used
figuratively;
--
as,
a
word
or
phrase
lacks
the
hall-mark
of
the
best
writers.
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