Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ink used in typographical printing. Its composition, generally speaking, is linseed-oil boiled to a varnish, with coloring matter added to it.
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Examples
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It is also used in the manufacture of printing-ink; and we have now Cennino's authority for using it with _blue_ pigments.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
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The humid office, full of dirt and dust and printing-ink, disgusted and depressed me, and I involuntarily thought of
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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In printing it is probable that the composition will be employed almost exclusively in the form of dry powder, as printing-ink, normally pasty, becomes too thick to be well handled when it is combined with powder in sufficient quantity to render the printed surface luminous.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various
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A printed book could not be read, because printing-ink contained impure matter.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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It can be used advantageously in the manufacture of printing-ink and soap.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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It is not a mere combination of words, printing-ink, and white paper which makes a law.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Ford, Paul L 1894
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When made to strip on going out, the printing-ink did not show on his dark skin: he had only to sit down elsewhere on a large sheet of white paper for the questions to be printed off on it, and they could then easily be read in a mirror.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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It is not a mere combination of words, printing-ink, and white paper which makes a law.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Paul Leicester Ford 1883
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But the reek of printing-ink never was good for the better feelings.
From One Generation to Another Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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The next object would be to discover some solvent which should dissolve the paper, but neither affect the printing-ink, nor injure the stone or substance to which it is attached.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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