资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Marking \Mark"ing\, 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.
{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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
marking ink
n : an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.