India ink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a black liquid ink used for printing or writing or drawing
    drawing ink.

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Definitions
  1. a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia.

Webster 1913