marking ink

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

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