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  INK, n.  A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic and
  water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote
  intellectual crime.  The properties of ink are peculiar and
  contradictory:  it may be used to make reputations and unmake them; to
  blacken them and to make them white; but it is most generally and
  acceptably employed as a mortar to bind together the stones of an
  edifice of fame, and as a whitewash to conceal afterward the rascal
  quality of the material.  There are men called journalists who have
  established ink baths which some persons pay money to get into, others
  to get out of.  Not infrequently it occurs that a person who has paid
  to get in pays twice as much to get out.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Inc \Inc\, n.
     A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one
     twelfth yards. [Written also ink.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ink \Ink\ ([i^][ng]k), n. (Mach.)
     The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone
     spindle runs.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum
     the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their
     edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in.
     See Encaustic, Caustic.]
     1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various
        kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or
        printing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Make there a prick with ink.          --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A pigment. See India ink, under India.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a
           solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially
           of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo
           sulphate, or other coloring matter, is added. Other
           black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of
           logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a
           solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made
           from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but
           potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,
           and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.
           Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver
           nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India
           ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also
           used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of
           cobalt, etc. See Sympathetic ink (below).
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Copying ink, a peculiar ink used for writings of which
        copies by impression are to be taken.
  
     Ink bag (Zo["o]l.), an ink sac.
  
     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.
  
     Ink plant (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria
        thymifolia), the berries of which yield a juice which
        forms an ink.
  
     Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution.
  
     Ink sac (Zo["o]l.), 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.
  
     Printer's ink, or Printing ink. See under Printing.
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ink \Ink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inked ([i^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inking.]
     To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or
     daub with ink.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum
     the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their
     edicts, Gr. ?, fr. ? burnt in, encaustic, fr. ? to burn in.
     See Encaustic, Caustic.]
     1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various
        kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or
        printing.
  
              Make there a prick with ink.          --Chaucer.
  
              Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.
  
     2. A pigment. See India ink, under India.
  
     Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a
           solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially
           of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo
           sulphate, or other coloring matter,is added. Other
           black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of
           logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a
           solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made
           from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but
           potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,
           and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.
           Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver
           nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India
           ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also
           used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of
           cobalt, etc. See Sympathetic ink (below).
  
     Copying ink, a peculiar ink used for writings of which
        copies by impression are to be taken.
  
     Ink bag (Zo["o]l.), an ink sac.
  
     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.
  
     Ink plant (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria
        thumifolia), the berries of which uield a juice which
        forms an ink.
  
     Ink powder, a powder from which ink is made by solution.
  
     Ink sac (Zo["o]l.), 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.
  
     Printer's ink, or Printing ink. See under Printing.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ink \Ink\, n. (Mach.)
     The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone
     spindle runs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ink \Ink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inked ([i^][ng]kt); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Inking.]
     To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or
     daub with ink.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Inc \Inc\, n.
     A Japanese measure of length equal to about two and one
     twelfth yards. [Written also ink.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ink
       n 1: a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing
       2: dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish
          and other cephalopods
       v 1: append one's signature to; "They inked the contract"
       2: fill with ink; "ink a pen"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το μελάνι (για γράψιμο, της σουπιάς)
     2 το τατουάζ
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 μελανώνω
     2 υπογράφω ένα έγγραφο
     3 κάνω σε κάποιον τατουάζ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  -ink
     Hungarian suf.
     (lb hu possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple
  possessions)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply #Noun to; to cover or smear with ink.
     2 (lb en transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
     3 (lb en transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
     4 (lb en intransitive of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)
     n.
     1 A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
     2 (lb en countable) A particular type, color or container of this
  fluid.
     3 The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a
  protective strategy.
     4 (lb en slang uncountable) publicity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply #Noun to; to cover or smear with ink.
     2 (lb en transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
     3 (lb en transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
     4 (lb en intransitive of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm inc)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ink.
     Swedish prep.
     (alt form sv inkl.)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     alt.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply #Noun to; to cover or smear with ink.
     2 (lb en transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
     3 (lb en transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
     4 (lb en intransitive of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)
     n.
     1 A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
     2 (lb en countable) A particular type, color or container of this
  fluid.
     3 The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a
  protective strategy.
     4 (lb en slang uncountable) publicity.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To apply #Noun to; to cover or smear with ink.
     2 (lb en transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
     3 (lb en transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
     4 (lb en intransitive of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  -ink
     Hungarian suf.
     (lb hu possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple
  possessions)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm inc)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ink.
     Swedish prep.
     (alt form sv inkl.)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  -ink
     Hungarian suf.
     (lb hu possessive suffix) our ...-s (first-person plural, multiple
  possessions)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     Middle English pron.
     (alt form enm inc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ink.
     Swedish prep.
     (alt form sv inkl.)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     Englanti n.
     muste
     Englanti vb.
     1 allekirjoittaa, solmia (''sopimuksesta'')
     2 tatuoida

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     n.
     (tagg: sjukdomar) svulster på huden hos hästar och nötkreatur

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  ink
     n.
     (tagg: sjukdomar) svulster på huden hos hästar och nötkreatur

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ink /ˈɪŋk/
  الحبر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ink //iŋk// //ɪŋk// 
  масти́ло, мастило
  coloured fluid used for writing

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ink //iŋk// //ɪŋk// 
  1. татуирам
  apply a tattoo
  2. подписвам
  sign a document

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  ink /ˈɪŋk/
  tuš

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  ink /ˈɪŋk/ 
  inkoustový

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  ink /ˈɪŋk/ 
  inkoust