brand-mark
(ˈbrænd-ˌmɑːk)
[f. brand + mark.]
The mark left by a branding-iron: also fig.
| 1655–60 Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 143/1 A Brand-mark, which declared the ill disposition of the owner. 1684 Lond. Gaz. No. 1990/4 An old Brandmark on the farther Leg behind. 1879 Farrar St. Paul II. 580 Or borne in his mortal body such evident brand-marks of the Lord. |
Hence brand-marked ppl. a.
| 1678 Lond. Gaz. No. 818/4 Brand marked with two P's counter-placed. 1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 331 The Acheus Aï, or brand-marked sloth. |