[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.
