Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ink
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a coloured fluid used for writing with a pen, marking with a rubber stamp, etc. b a thick paste used in printing, duplicating, in ball-point pens, etc. 2 Zool. a black liquid ejected by a cuttlefish, octopus, etc. to confuse a predator. --v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by in, over, etc.) mark with ink. 2 cover (type etc.) with ink before printing. 3 apply ink to. 4 (as inked adj.) Austral. sl. drunk. Phrases and idioms ink-blot test = RORSCHACH TEST. ink-cap any fungus of the genus Coprinus. ink-horn hist. a small portable horn container for ink. ink out obliterate with ink. ink-pad an ink-soaked pad, usu. in a box, used for inking a rubber stamp etc. ink-well a pot for ink usu. housed in a hole in a desk. Derivatives inker n. Etymology: ME enke, inke f. OF enque f. LL encau(s)tum f. Gk egkauston purple ink used by Roman emperors for signature (as EN-(2), CAUSTIC)
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: encaustic Date: 13th century a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing, the black protective secretion of a cephalopod, publicity 2d, ~iness noun ~y adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1562 to put ~ on , 2. sign 2a , sign 4 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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