watermark

watermark
I. noun Date: 1640 1. a mark indicating the height to which water has risen 2. a marking in paper resulting from differences in thickness usually produced by pressure of a projecting design in the mold or on a processing roll and visible when the paper is held up to the light; also the design of or the metal pattern producing the marking II. transitive verb Date: 1866 1. to mark (paper) with a watermark 2. to impress (a given design) as a watermark

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