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| 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. |
| 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]
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inker, noun
inkless, adjective
inklike, adjective
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n.
tr.v. inked, ink·ing, inks
[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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"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.
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noun | |
| 1. | a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing |
| 2. | dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods |
verb | |
| 1. | append one's signature to; "They inked the contract" |
| 2. | mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink; "he inked his finger" |
| 3. | fill with ink; "ink a pen" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ink [iŋk] noun
a black or coloured liquid used in writing, printing etc
Example: Please sign your name in ink rather than pencil; I spilt red ink all over my dress.
See also: inkpot, inkwell, inkyExample: Please sign your name in ink rather than pencil; I spilt red ink all over my dress.
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A dark liquid ejected for protection by most cephalopods, including the octopus and squid. Ink consists of highly concentrated melanin. |
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Ink
Caus"tic\, Caustical \Caus"tic*al\, a. [L. caustucs, Ge. ?, fr. ? to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.]1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing. 2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. Caustic lime. See under Lime. Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same. Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn: Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Cop"y*ing\, a. & n. From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink. Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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En*caus"tic\, a. [L. encausticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to burn in; ? in + ? to burn: cf. F. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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