marking ink

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marking ink - 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.
        [1913 Webster]

marking ink - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  marking ink
      n 1: an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.