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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small mark or sketch engraved in the margin of a plate to indicate its stage of development prior to completion.
  • noun A print or proof from a plate carrying such a mark.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See remark, 4.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.
  • A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from remarquer, to remark; see remark.]

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