What is to color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out called?
tattoo — To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as to form marks or figures which can not be washed out. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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