Marking

n.

1.

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. 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.

Noun	1.	marking - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" Synonyms: mark, marker
	2.	marking - a pattern of marks
	3.	marking - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" Synonyms: scoring, grading
	4.	marking - the act of making a visible mark on a surface

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