† inke Obs. rare.
Also ink.
[Derivation unknown.]
(See quot.)
| 1615 Latham Falconry (1633) 23 Adding unto the inke of a dove as much cleane washt flannell in quantitie, as may make her a reasonable casting. Ibid. Explan. Words, Inke, whether it be of Partridge, fowle, doues, or any other prey, is the necke from the head to the body. [Hence in later writers and dicts.; in some, as in Phillips 1706, spelt ink.] |