ink up
verb
(adverb) to apply ink to (a printing machine) in preparing it for operation
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How to use ink up in a sentence
A piece of moist paper pressed against a plate so prepared, will take the ink up out of the furrows.
A Treatise on Etching | Maxime LalanneWe can all write home by the mail brigantine; the consul says I can come over to his place and ink up the addresses.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonTo sum up the picture, his face was daubed with snuff up to the eyes, and his fingers with ink up to the knuckles.
Waverley | Sir Walter Scott
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