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  • 31ink —    Īnika, wai ele ele.    ♦ Ink squirted by octopus, kūkaeuli, weka, wekaweka.    ♦ Ink sac in octopus or squid, ala ala.    ♦ Ink used for tattooing, pa u.    ♦ Ink dregs or powder, pa u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32ink — 1. n. cheap red wine. □ The old wino prefers ink to anything else. □ All I have is some ink. Is that okay? 2. n. publicity; print media coverage of someone or something. □ The movie star’s divorce got a lot of ink for a few days …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 33ink — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English enke, from Anglo French encre, enke, from Late Latin encaustum, from neuter of Latin encaustus burned in, from Greek enkaustos, verbal of enkaiein to burn in more at encaustic Date: 13th… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34ink — noun 1》 a coloured fluid used for writing, drawing, or printing. 2》 Zoology a black liquid ejected by a cuttlefish, octopus, or squid to confuse a predator. verb 1》 write or mark with ink.     ↘cover (type or a stamp) with ink before printing. 2》 …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 35ink in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ink in : present tense I/you/we/they ink in he/she/it inks in present participle inking in past tense inked in past participle inked in to finish a drawing of something using ink …

    English dictionary

  • 36ink sb in — UK US ink sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with ink({{}}/ɪŋk/ verb [T] ► to decide when an action, meeting, etc. will happen, or when someone will do something: »The company has a 30 million pound investment inked in for next year. → See also PENCIL SB/STH …

    Financial and business terms

  • 37ink — Synonyms and related words: autograph, ballpoint pen, bedarken, besmirch, black, blackboard, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, chalk, charcoal, coal, cork, crayon, crow, darken, denigrate, dinge, ebon, ebonize, ebony, eraser, inkhorn, inkstand,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38ink — The single reference in the OT (Jer. 36:18) probably refers to a mixture of soot and gum arabic which was used for writing on papyrus. Ezekiel (9:2–3) mentioned an inkhorn which would have contained the ingredients for making ink and could be… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 39ink — ɪŋk n. colored fluid contained in pens and other printing devices v. mark with ink; stain with ink …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40ink — /ɪŋk / (say ingk) noun 1. a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing. 2. a dark, protective fluid ejected by the cuttlefish and other cephalopods. 3. Colloquial cheap wine. –verb (t) 4. to mark, stain, cover, or smear with ink.… …