ink : Idioms & Phrases

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China ink

  • . See India ink.
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Copying ink

  • a peculiar ink used for writings of which copies by impression are to be taken.
Webster 1913

drawing ink

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

  • 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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India ink

  • 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.
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Ink bag

  • (Zoöl.), an ink sac.
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Ink berry

  • . (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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ink bottle

  • noun a bottle of ink
    inkpot.
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ink cartridge

  • noun a cartridge that contains ink and can be replaced
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ink eraser

  • noun an eraser that removes ink marks
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Ink plant

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

  • a powder from which ink is made by solution.
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Ink sac

  • (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.
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ink-black

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

  • adjective of or relating to an ink-jet printer
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ink-jet printer

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

  • 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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Japan ink

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

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

  • noun an indelible ink for marking clothes or linens etc.
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  • indelible ink, because used in marking linen.
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Pen and ink, ∨ pen-and-ink

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

  • noun a drawing executed with pen and ink
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Printer's ink

  • 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

Printer's ink, ∨ Printing ink

  • . See under Printing.
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Printing ink

  • 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.
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red ink

  • 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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red-ink

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

  • noun any permanent or washable ink used with pens
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