Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tattoos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tattoo \Tat*too"\, n.; pl. {Tattoos}.
An indelible mark or figure made by puncturing the skin and
introducing some pigment into the punctures; -- a mode of
ornamentation practiced by various barbarous races, both in
ancient and modern times, and also by some among civilized
nations, especially by sailors.
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