Word Meanings - MARKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen. -- Marking nut , the nut
Additional info about word: MARKING
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. Marking ink, indelible ink, because used in marking linen. -- Marking nut , 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.
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- COLORMAN
A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds. - MARKETABLENESS
Quality of being marketable. - MARKETER
One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market. - MARKETSTEAD
A market place. Drayton. - MARK
A license of reprisals. See Marque. - COLORATE
Colored. Ray. - COLORIMETRY
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. - PLUMAGE
The entire clothing of a bird. Note: It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - MARKSMAN
One who makes his mark, instead of writing his name, in signing documents. Burrill. (more info) 1. One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well. - MARKABLE
Remarkable. Sandys. - INDELIBLE
capable of being destroyed: cf. F. indélébile. See In- not, and 1. That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible - MARKIS
A marquis. Chaucer. - COLORADO BEETLE
A yellowish beetle , with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle. - LINENER
A dealer in linen; a linen draper. - COLORADOITE
Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado. - MARKER
One who or that which marks. Specifically: One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards. A counter used in card playing and other games. The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment. An - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - COLOR
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone. Note: Color is express when it is asverred in the - COLORIFIC
Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies. - SEAMARK
Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak. - TRADE-MARK
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. - CONCOLOR
Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne. - BOOKMARK
Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate. - COMMARK
The frontier of a country; confines. Shelton. - REMARKER
One who remarks. - FOOTMARK
A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge. - SWANMARK
A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. Encyc. Brit. - NEWMARKET
A long, closely fitting cloak. - ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from - COUNTERMARK
An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. (more info) 1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - TRICOLOR
1. The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution. 2. Hence, any three-colored flag.