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EARMARKS
Verb
earmarks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earmark
Source: Wiktionary
EARMARK
Ear"mark`, n.
1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark. Money is said to have no earmark. Wharton. Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his earmark. Robynson (More's Utopia). A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. Burrow.
Ear"mark`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earmarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Earmarking.]
Definition: To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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