marking : Idioms & Phrases

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Marking ink

  • noun an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.
WordNet
  • indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913