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Pronunciation : Coun"ter*mark` (-mrk`)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.

2. (Far.)

Defn: An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Coun`ter*mark" (koun`tr-mrk")
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913