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Definition of Hallmark
1. Noun. A distinctive characteristic or attribute.
Generic synonyms: Characteristic
Specialized synonyms: Mold, Mould
Derivative terms: Earmark
2. Noun. A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
Generic synonyms: Mark, Marker, Marking
Derivative terms: Authenticate
Definition of Hallmark
1. n. 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.
Definition of Hallmark
1. Noun. A distinguishing characteristic. ¹
2. Noun. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals. ¹
3. Verb. To provide or stamp with a hallmark ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hallmark
1. to mark with an official stamp [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hallmark
Literary usage of Hallmark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the by Antonio Azuela (1998)
"... Singapore Introduction This chapter examines hallmark events, community action,
and housing rights related to evictions in three Canadian cases: Expo ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"hallmark. — Nick. ' half a mark,' from the coin ; cf. ... With the corrupted
hallmark, cf. our ha'penny, which goes even "urther in the way of corruption. ..."
3. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1884)
"3d., part of the said debt, and that hallmark and Smith had joined with the ...
4J., and also to secure the repayment of any sums -which hallmark and Smith ..."
4. Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor as Told by the Heroes by James William Buel (1899)
"BY HARRY-DALE hallmark. "She'sa concentrated, fragile form of might ; She's a
daring, vicious thing with a rending, deadly sting— And she asks no odds nor ..."
5. The Resonance of Allah: Resplendent Explanations Arising from the Nur, Allah by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2001)
"Our noble Prophet© has said, "Everything has its own distinguishing mark or sign,
and the distinctive hallmark of Tmdn* is prayer. ..."
6. The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division by Railway and Canal Commission, Court of Appeal, Great Britain, Criminal Division, Court for Crown Cases Reserved (1884)
"4d., and that Houghton, hallmark, Edwardson and Smith had agreed to lend Stringer
the further ... Os. 3d. due to Houghton and hallmark and of the 971. 4s. ..."
7. The Apprenticeship Writings of Frank Norris, 1896-1898 by Frank Norris (1996)
"A horrible fear came upon Sterling hallmark; drops of cold perspiration bespangled
... At length the strain became too great to be borne, Sterling hallmark ..."