witness-mark
n.— «Wherever you wanted to cut off, the valve gear could e put at that notch or clamped at that place, which will bring the “cut-off” witness mark right for cutting off.» —by Robert Grimshaw Supplement to the Steam Engine Catechism (New York) , 1888. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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