atrament
(ˈætrəmənt)
[ad. L. ātrāmentum blacking, ink, f. *ātrā-re to blacken, f. āter black.]
Blacking, ink; any similar black substance, as the ‘ink’ of the cuttle-fish.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xxxiii. (1495) 879 Attrament is made of sote. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 195 Being in dainger, they [cuttle-fish] cast forth their atrament. 1678 R. Russell Geber i. iii. 8 There are divers Atraments and they are found of divers Colour. 1834 Allan Min. 15 Atrament Stone..is a mixture of the sulphate and peroxide of iron..of a dark brick-red colour. |