01 n. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
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A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
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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.