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[ingk] 
–noun
| 1. | a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing. |
| 2. | a dark, protective fluid ejected by the cuttlefish and other cephalopods. |
| 3. | Informal. publicity, esp. in print media: Their construction plans got some ink in the local paper. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to mark, stain, cover, or smear with ink: to ink one's clothes. |
| 5. | Slang. to sign one's name to (an official document): We expect to ink the contract tomorrow. |
Origin:
1200–50; ME inke, enke < OF enque < LL encautum, var. of encaustum < Gk énkauston purple ink, n. use of neut. of énkaustos burnt in. See encaustic
1200–50; ME inke, enke < OF enque < LL encautum, var. of encaustum < Gk énkauston purple ink, n. use of neut. of énkaustos burnt in. See encaustic
Related forms:
inker, noun
inkless, adjective
inklike, adjective
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| ink (ĭngk) n.
[Middle English inke, from Old French enque, from Late Latin encaustum, purple ink, from Greek enkauston, painted in encaustic, from enkaiein, to paint in encaustic, burn in; see encaustic.] ink'er n., ink'i·ness n., ink'y adj. |
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Ink
Ink\, n. (Mach.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.Ink
Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in. See Encaustic, Caustic.]1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing. Make there a prick with ink. --Chaucer. Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser. 2. A pigment. See India ink, under India. Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo sulphate, or other coloring matter,is added. Other black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet, and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes. Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of cobalt, etc. See Sympathetic ink (below). Copying ink, a peculiar ink used for writings of which copies by impression are to be taken. Ink bag (Zo["o]l.), an ink sac. Ink berry. (Bot.) (a) A shrub of the Holly family (Ilex glabra), found in sandy grounds along the coast from New England to Florida, and producing a small black berry. (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See Indigo. Ink plant (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thumifolia), the berries of which uield a juice which forms an ink. Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution. Ink sac (Zo["o]l.), an organ, found in most cephalopods, containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from their enemies. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. Printer's ink, or Printing ink. See under Printing. Sympathetic ink, a writing fluid of such a nature that what is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent on the characters makes it visible.
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"the black liquor with which men write" [Johnson], c.1250, from O.Fr. enque "dark writing fluid," from L.L. encaustum, from Gk. enkauston "purple or red ink," used by the Roman emperors to sign documents, originally a neut. adj. form of enkaustos "burned in," from stem of enkaiein "to burn in," from en- "in" + kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). The word is from a Gk. method of applying colored wax and fixing it with heat. The verb meaning "to mark or stain in ink" is from 1562. Inky "as black as ink" is attested from 1593.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ink (ĭngk) Pronunciation Key
A dark liquid ejected for protection by most cephalopods, including the octopus and squid. Ink consists of highly concentrated melanin. |
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