ink : Idioms & Phrases

• . See India ink.

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

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

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• noun ink that cannot be erased or washed away
  

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• an ink obliterated by washing; esp., a solution of silver nitrate.

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

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• 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

• (Zoöl.), an ink sac.

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• . (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See Indigo.

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• noun a bottle of ink
  inkpot.
  

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• noun a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced
  

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• noun an eraser that removes ink marks
  

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• (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thumifolia), the berries of which uield a juice which forms an ink.

Webster 1913

• a powder from which ink is made by solution.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), 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.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite of the color of black ink
  inky; inky-black.
  

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• adjective of or relating to an ink-jet printer
  

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• noun a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink
  

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• noun a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
  pad; inkpad; stamp pad.
  

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• a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry.

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• noun an ink that contains particles of a magnetic substance whose presence can be detected by magnetic sensors
  

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• noun an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.
  

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• indelible ink, because used in marking linen.

Webster 1913

• executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch.

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• noun a drawing executed with pen and ink
  

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• noun a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing
  printer's ink.
  

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• . See Printing ink, below.

Webster 1913

• . See under Printing.

Webster 1913

• noun a semisolid quick drying ink made especially for use in printing
  printer's ink.
  

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• ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc. It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning. Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities. Ure.

Webster 1913

• noun the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
  loss; red.
  
  • the company operated at a loss last year
  • the company operated in the red last year

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• verb mark with red ink
  
  • red-ink the area that is restricted

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• 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.

Webster 1913

• noun any permanent or washable ink used with pens
  

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