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   earmark
         n 1: identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
         2: a distinctive characteristic or attribute [syn: {hallmark},
            {trademark}, {earmark}, {stylemark}]
         v 1: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause;
               "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets
               aside time for meditation every day" [syn: {allow},
               {appropriate}, {earmark}, {set aside}, {reserve}]

English Dictionary: earmark by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
earner
n
  1. someone who earn wages in return for their labor [syn: earner, wage earner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Erwin Rommel
n
  1. German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944)
    Synonym(s): Rommel, Erwin Rommel, Desert Fox
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lyme grass \Lyme" grass`\ (Bot.)
      A coarse perennial grass of several species of {Elymus}, esp.
      {E. Canadensis}, and the European {E. arenarius}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Earmarking}.]
      To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earmark \Ear"mark`\, n.
      1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by
            cropping or slitting.
  
      2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
  
                     Money is said to have no earmark.      --Wharton.
  
                     Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the
                     rounding of his head, and his earmark. --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).
  
                     A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon
                     them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.
                                                                              --Burrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Earmarking}.]
      To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Earmark \Ear"mark`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Earmarked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Earmarking}.]
      To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irenarch \I"re*narch\, n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. [?];
      [?] peace + [?] to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.)
      An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding
      to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also
      {eirenarch}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eirenarch \Ei`re*narch\, n. [See {Irenarch}.] (Gr. Antiq.)
      A justice of the peace; irenarch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irenarch \I"re*narch\, n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. [?];
      [?] peace + [?] to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.)
      An officer in the Greek empire having functions corresponding
      to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also
      {eirenarch}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Eirenarch \Ei`re*narch\, n. [See {Irenarch}.] (Gr. Antiq.)
      A justice of the peace; irenarch.
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