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Found 1 definition: marking.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun marking has 4 senses

1. marking(n = noun.communication) mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
Derived form verb mark₁

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

3. 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"
Derived form verb mark₁₄

4. marking(n = noun.act) - the act of making a visible mark on a surface;
Derived form verb mark₅

[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.

[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.