ink
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ink/ɪŋk/
▶noun
- 1 a coloured fluid used for writing, drawing, or printing.
- 2 Zoology a black liquid ejected by a cuttlefish, octopus, or squid to confuse a predator.
- 1 write or mark with ink.
■ cover (type or a stamp) with ink before printing.
- 2 N. Amer. informal sign and secure (a contract).
– derivatives
inker noun.
inker noun.
– origin ME enke, inke, from OFr. enque, via late L. from Gk enkauston, denoting the purple ink used by Roman emperors for signatures, from enkaiein ‘burn in’.
'ink' also found in these Oxford entries:
blanket
- blot
- blotting paper
- calamari
- cartridge
- cuttle
- dryer
- fountain pen
- indelible
- India ink
- Indian ink
- ink-blot test
- ink cap
- inkhorn
- inkjet printer
- inkstand
- inkwell
- inky
- invisible ink
- letterpress
- lithography
- monotype
- nib
- offset
- pen
- pigment
- pounce
- process
- red ink
- rollerball
- Rorschach test
- sandbox
- screen-print
- sepia
- set-off
- standish
- stencil
- sumi-e
- thermography
- wash
- wet
