"touchmark" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988 Dec. 1, Susan G. Sawyer, Photog Pewter the Time-Honored Way,\" New York Times (retrieved 5 July 2012)",
          "text": "For quality control, Parliament in 1503 required all London-made pewter to be stamped with the maker's symbol or touchmark."
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          "text": "The instrument used was a refracting telescope by Dollond. . . . The cap containing the diaphragm was furnished with a touch-mark consisting of a projecting spoke. When in adjustment as described above this mark was parallel to the short side of the parallelogram.",
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