marking

A making or giving of a mark.

A mark or marks made.

A mark or pattern of marks on an organism.

The act of impressing a mark upon something.—2. In coinage, the process of edge-rolling, or swaging the edge of the blank to prepare it for reeding.—3. A mark or series of marks upon something; characteristic arrangement of marks, as lines or dots, or of natural coloring: as, the markings on a bird’s eggs, or of the petals of a flower; the natural markings of a gem or of ornamental wood.

Making a mark; hence, distinguishing; significant; striking.

Taking note; discerning; observant.

The act of one who, or that which, marks; the mark or marks made; arrangement or disposition of marks or coloring.

indelible ink, because used in marking linen.

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.