▪ I. † ˈinker, pron. Obs.
Forms: 1 incer, yncer, incyr, 3 inker, incker(e, unker, Orm. ȝunnkerr.
[OE. incer of you two, (1) gen. dual of the second pers. pron. thou: see inc: = Goth. igqara, ON. ykkar; (2) declinable possessive pronoun = Goth. igqar, ON. ykkarr. On the ME. ȝunnkerr, unker see inc.]
1. As genitive dual: Of you two. either inker, either of you two; inker baþre, of you both.
| c 1050 Martyrol. in Cockayne Shrine 148 Yncer æᵹðer ofslyhð oðerne..and yncer wif beoð on anum dæᵹe wudewan. c 1200 Ormin 6183 All þatt ȝho ȝeorneþþ wiþþ skill, To ȝunnkerr baþre gode. c 1205 Lay. 32170 Þat unker æiðer oðer Luuie swa his broðer. c 1230 Hali Meid. 31 Swa þat inker eiðer heasci wið oðer. c 1300 Havelok 1882 Roberd! willam! hware ar ye? Gripeth eþer unker a god tre. |
2. as poss. pron. Belonging to you two, your.
| c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. ix. 29 æfter ᵹeleafan incrum ᵹeweorðe inc [c 1000 Ags. Gosp., æftyr incrum ᵹeleafan; c 1160 Hatton Gosp., æfter yncre ᵹeleafen]. c 1000 ælfric Exod. x. 17 Biddaþ incerne God, þæt he adrife þisne deaþ fram me. c 1205 Lay. 5102 Incker moder inc hateð. Ibid. 5623 Ich inckere freond wurðe. |
▪ II. inker, n.
(ˈɪŋkə(r))
[f. ink v. + -er1.]
One who or that which inks.
1. A telegraph-instrument which records the message in ink.
| 1882 Daily News 27 Jan. 2/1 Needle telegraphs, Morse inkers, sounders, and type printers. 1899 Ibid. 30 Mar. 5/5 An ordinary Morse inker, or tape-machine. |
2. Printing. An inking-roller.
| 1884 Southward Pract. Print. (ed. 2) 469 Next set in their places the wavers and the inkers. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 203 The Marinoni web..with the inkers at the top and bottom. 1898 Brit. Printer XI. 281 Three or four inkers..for distribution on table. |
3. A mechanical drawing-pen.