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Marking

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Narrower term 33

authentication 76% connected

Checking that someone or something is who it claims to be.

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Blaze 76% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Cairn 76% connected

A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

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Code 76% connected

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a comp…

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Crisscross 76% connected

A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Dapple 76% connected

One of the spots on a dappled animal.

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Earmark 76% connected

A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

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Fleck 76% connected

A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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Frank 76% connected

A pigsty.

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Franking 76% connected

of Frank

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Lineation 76% connected

Delineation; a line or lines.

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Maculation 76% connected

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Milepost 76% connected

A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

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Milestone 76% connected

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

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Mottling 76% connected

of Mottle

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Ocellus 76% connected

A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates.

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Peg 76% connected

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Pin 76% connected

To peen.

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Pip 76% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Postmark 76% connected

The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.

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Shading 76% connected

of Shade

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Speckle 76% connected

A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Streak 76% connected

To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

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Stripe 76% connected

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…

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Striping 76% connected

of Stripe

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Watermark 76% connected

A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.

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Decoration 76% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Evaluation 76% connected

Valuation; appraisement.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Rating 76% connected

of Rate

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Symbol 76% connected

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emb…

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Derivationally related 6

Differentiate 74% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Differentiate 74% connected

To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to…

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Grade 74% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Grade 74% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Mark 74% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Synonym 4

Grading 92% connected

of Grade

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Mark 92% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Marker 92% connected

One who or that which marks.

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Scoring 92% connected

of Score

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