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The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of th…

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  1. n. The word/official">official word/stamp">stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.
  2. The word/official">official word/stamp">stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.
  3. The word/official">official word/stamp">stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assayoffices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles,attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word orphrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.