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Definition of Headmark
1. Noun. The distinction or peculiarity of the head, face, or features used in distinguishing each individual of a given species; personal appearance; facial features. ¹
2. Noun. A headland marking the limit of a field. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headmark
1. a peculiar characteristic [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headmark
Literary usage of Headmark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1908)
"But hi cities where people do not know their neighbours by headmark, it becomes
necessary to have regular lists of the party voters entitled to a voice in ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... his trail was marked by little debts "for 'wine, pictures, etc.," the true
headmark of a life intolerant of any joyless passage. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... suddenly it comes by a flash of inspiration, and it is felt that it would be
impossible ever to think of the victim without his appropriate headmark. ..."
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