(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:10:05

Dis*tin"guish*ing, a.

Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.

The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke.

Distinguishing pennant Naut., a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled.

Simmonds.

 

© Webster 1913.

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