Ink — Defs

01 n. The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.

1.
The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.(Mach.)

02 n. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.

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. See: India

Phrases & compounds

Copying ink — a peculiar ink used for writings of which copies by impression are to be taken.

Ink bag — an ink sac.

Ink berry — 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.

Ink plant — a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thymifolia), the berries of which yield a juice which forms an ink.

Ink powder — a powder from which ink is made by solution.

Ink sac — 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 — 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.

03 v. t. To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.

imp. & p. p. Inked; p. pr. & vb. n. Inking

1.
To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.