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▪ I. countermark, n.|ˈkaʊntəmɑːk|
[ad. Fr. contremarque (15th c. in sense 1 a): f. contre- in sense of counter- 8 b + marque mark.]
1. An additional mark put on something which has been marked before, for greater security, etc.
spec. a. A second or third mark placed on a bale of goods belonging to several merchants; b. the mark of the Goldsmiths' Company (hall-mark) 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.
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 111 And shall marke euery vesell therof with the marke of the said John de Castro and the countirmarke of the same J. Bolle. 1697Evelyn Numism. vi. 215 A blemish on the Countermark in some medals. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., In goldsmiths works, etc. 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 who made it. 1806Gregory Dict. Arts & Sc. I. 446 Counter-marks are distinguished..in this, that being struck after the medal, they are indented. 1866Athenæum No. 2009. 567/1 An angel of Henry the Eighth with countermark. 1876Humphreys 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.)
[1907C. 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.] 1927R. 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. 1937E. 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.
†2. A mark, letter, etc. on a plan, corresponding to one in an explanatory description.
1665J. Webb Stone-Heng 7 Mr. Camdens words relating to the Countermark B, are only saxa quae vocantur Cronets.
3. (See quot.)
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter-mark of a horse, is an artificial cavity, which the jockeys make in the teeth of horses that have outgrown the natural mark, to disguise their age, and make them appear as if they were not above eight years old.
▪ II. countermark, v.|ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːk|
[ad. F. contremarquer (16th c. in Godef.), f. contremarque (see prec).]
trans. To furnish with a countermark: see prec.
1611Florio, Contrasegnare, to countermarke. 1665J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 7 He hath..countermarked them with the Letter B. a1755Farrier's Dict. (J.), A horse is said to be countermarked 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. |