from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Marking \Mark"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks
made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring; as,
the marking of a bird's plumage.
[1913 Webster]
{Marking ink}, indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
{Marking nut} (Bot.), the nut of the {Semecarpus Anacardium},
an East Indian tree. The shell of the nut yields a
blackish resinous juice used for marking cotton cloth, and
an oil prepared from it is used for rheumatism.
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