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Earmark | Earmark \Ear"mark`\ ([=e]r"m[aum]rk`), n. 1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting. [1913 Webster] 2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark. [1913 Webster] Money is said to have no earmark. --Wharton. [1913 Webster] Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his earmark. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. --Burrow. [1913 Webster] |
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