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Indian ink

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Indian ink (also N. Amer. India ink)

▶noun deep black ink containing dispersed carbon particles, used especially in drawing and technical graphics.

– origin C17: orig. applied to Chinese and Japanese pigments prepared in solid blocks and imported to Europe via India.

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