tattooing [
tæ'tu]
[医] 纹身[法]
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tattooed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tattooing}.] [Of Polynesian origin; cf. New Zealand ta to
tattoo, tatu puncturation (in Otaheite).]
To color, as the flesh, by pricking in coloring matter, so as
to form marks or figures which can not be washed out.
- The Board of Health adopted a Health Code amendment Monday that requires that all pit bull terriers be registered, spayed or neutered and identified by photographs and tattooing.