hallmark

  1. Noun.  A distinguishing characteristic.
  2. Noun.  An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
  3. Verb.  To provide or stamp with a hallmark.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.