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Inking

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An application of ink. countable, uncountable

    "In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]"

  2. 2
    Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc. countable, uncountable

    "Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab. The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ink form-of, gerund, participle, present

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