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marking

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2 in 2 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun marking has 4 senses

marking(n = noun.communication) mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"

has particulars: earmark, brand, trademark, assay-mark, authentication, hallmark, postmark, watermark, broad arrow, milepost, milestone, peg, pin, pip, spot, label, cairn

is a kind of symbol

Derived form verb mark₁

marking(n = noun.attribute) Array - a pattern of marks; Array

has particulars: blaze, crisscross, cross, mark, eyespot, ocellus, shading, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot, bar, streak, stripe

marking(n = noun.act) grading, scoring - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"

is a kind of evaluation, rating

Derived form verb mark₁₄

marking(n = noun.act) Array - the act of making a visible mark on a surface; Array

is a kind of

decoration

has particulars: lineation, mottling, striping

Derived form verb mark₅

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CIDE DICTIONARY

marking, 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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OXFORD DICTIONARY

marking, n. (usu. in pl.)
1 an identification mark, esp. a symbol on an aircraft.
2 the colouring of an animal's fur, feathers, skin, etc.

Idiom

marking-ink indelible ink for marking linen etc.

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THESAURUS

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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