1.  marking(n = noun.communication) mark, marker - a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep"
is a kind of symbol
has particulars: earmark, brand, trademark, assay-mark, authentication, hallmark, postmark, watermark, broad arrow, milepost, milestone, peg, pin, pip, spot, label, cairn
Derived form verb mark₁

2.  marking(n = noun.attribute) Array - a pattern of marks; Array
is a kind of design, figure, pattern
has particulars: blaze, crisscross, cross, mark, eyespot, ocellus, shading, dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot, bar, streak, stripe

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"
is a kind of evaluation, rating
Derived form verb mark₁₄

4.  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

   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, 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.

marking ink, metronome marking