From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Marking \Mark"ing\, noun 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mark \Mark\ (m[aum]rk), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Marked} (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken, AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.]
1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing.
2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader.
3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his hobnails marked the floor.
4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.
5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note of; to remark; to heed; to regard; as, mark my words. ''Mark the perfect man.'' --Ps. xxxvii. 37.
{To mark out}. (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the ringleaders were marked out for punishment. (b) To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out an item in an account.
{To mark time} (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by moving the legs alternately without advancing.
Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show; evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote; characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" [syn: {marker}, {mark}]
3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: {grading}, {scoring}]
4: the act of making a visible mark on a surface
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "marking": armory, aroma, attribute, badge, badge of office, badges, baton, birthmark, blaze, blazonry, blemish, blotch, brand, brassard, burr, button, cachet, cap and gown, cast, caste mark, chain, chain of office, character, characteristic, check, checkmark, chiseling, cicatrix, class ring, cockade, collar, configuration, cross, cross-hatching, cut, dapple, decoration, demitint, differentia, differential, discoloration, distinctive feature, dot, dress, eagle, earmark, emblems, engravement, engraving, ensigns, etch, etching, fasces, feature, figure, figurehead, flavor, fleck, fleur-de-lis, flick, freckle, gash, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glyptic, graving, gust, hack, half tint, hallmark, hammer and sickle, hatching, heraldry, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impress, impression, incision, index, individualism, inscript, inscription, insignia, jot, keynote, lapel pin, lentigo, line, lineaments, lining, livery, mace, macula, mannerism, mantle, mark, markings, medal, mold, mole, mortarboard, mottle, nature, nevus, nick, notch, odor, old school tie, particularity, patch, peculiarity, pin, point, polka dot, prick, property, puncture, quality, quirk, regalia, ring, rose, savor, scar, scarification, school ring, score, scoring, scotch, scratch, scratching, seal, shamrock, shape, sigillography, singularity, skull and crossbones, slash, slashing, smack, specialty, speck, speckle, sphragistics, splash, splotch, spot, staff, stain, stamp, stigma, stipple, stippling, strawberry mark, swastika, taint, tang, tartan, taste, tattoo, tattoo mark, thistle, tick, tie, tint, tittle, token, tooling, trait, trick, type-cutting, uniform, verge, wand, watermark
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