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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of etching marks or names on steel tools, consisting in coating the part to be marked thinly with tallow or beeswax, making the desired marking with a sharp-pointed instrument through this coating, and applying nitric acid. After a few minutes, the acid and tallow are washed off, and the marks are found to show clearly on the steel.
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I was talking with Mike Brooks earlier about why would a tool-marking expert be added to the witness list.
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GRACE: The tool-marking expert is for the state, Odom.
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