Ink

ingk, n. a coloured fluid used in writing, printing, .— v.t. to daub with ink.— ns. Ink′-bag , -sac , a sac in some cuttle-fishes, containing a black viscid fluid; Ink′-bott′le , an inkstand: a bottle for holding ink placed in an inkstand; Ink′holder , Ink′stand , a ve el for holding ink; Ink′horn ( obs. ), an inkholder, formerly of horn: a portable case for ink, .; Ink′horn-mate ( Shak. ), a bookish man; Ink′ine ; Ink′-pot , an inkholder.— adj. pedantic.— ns. Ink′ing-ta′ble , a table or flat surface used for supplying the inking-roller with ink during the proce of printing; Ink′ing-roll′er , a roller covered with a composition for inking printing types; Ink′-stone , a kind of stone containing sulphate of iron, used in making ink.— adj. Ink′y , consisting of or resembling ink: blackened with ink.— n. Print′ing-ink (see Print ).— China ink , Indian ink , a mechanical mixture of the purest and densest lampblack, with a solution of gum or gelatine; Invisible or Sympathetic ink , a kind of ink which remains invisible on the paper until it is heated.— Sling ink ( slang ), to write: to earn one's bread by writing. [O. Fr. enque (Fr. encre )—Low L. encaustum , the purple-red ink used by the later Roman emperors—Gr. engkauston — engkaiein , to burn in. See Encaustic .]