atrament (atrament)

[L. at ramentum, black ink, [ atramental (at-ra-men'tal), a. + -al.] Inky; black like ink. Sir T. Browne . [Rare.] Also atramentous . atrament a rio us (at"ra-men-ta'ri-us), a. [ at ramen tar i us , used only as neut. noun atra- mentarium, an inkstand, at ramentum , ink: see atrament .] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Thus, the sulphate of iron, or copperas, is called Christopher Glowry, Esquire,.. was naturally of an at rabi lari ous temperament, and much troubled with those phantoms of indigestion which are commonly called blue devils. Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, i,