What is "denoting"

Usage examples of "denoting".

He was younger than the others, his honey-coloured skin and large eyes denoting his Quon Talian lineage.

Finally a Quenya noun can also receive endings denoting who owns it, e.

Quenya plurals denoting entire peoples or races seem to behave in the same way.

The crimson slashes of paint on his cheeks announced him as a warleader, each slash denoting a recent victory.

To his right stood a soldier in functional armour, a tore on his left arm denoting his commander's rank.

The hand-drawn map showed a scatter of villages, a few spidery lines for roads, streams or rivers, and some vague hatchings denoting hills, whereas all Sharpe could see was mountains.

Some of the entries were scored through with a single black line denoting that the men were dead and Ducos sometimes imagined a glorious day when all these enemy heroes, British, Portuguese and Spanish alike, would be black-lined by a rampaging French army.

Perkins still lacked his green jacket and was touchy about the loss of the coat with its distinguishing black armband denoting that he was a Chosen Man, a compliment that was paid only to the best and most reliable riflemen.

I started to speak, but he held up a finger - denoting, One minute, please - and then went on with his task.

Beside it, a display case showed some trophies, and behind the largest of the shooting cups I saw a dusty, gold-plated microphone on a stand denoting an excellence in broadcasting award.

Her full title was Second Empress Eke Bayalun Khadun, denoting her status as Yamun's second wife.

Opposite the wall were little circles, denoting the camps of the Tuigan.

On the other side of the couch, High King Zastros lay like a log, only the movement, of his chest denoting that there was life in the hairy body.