ˈwriting ink
Also writing-ink.
[writing vbl. n. 12 b + ink n.1 1.]
A make of ink or writing-fluid prepared or suitable for writing with the pen.
| 1548 Elyot, Atramentum scriptorium, writyng ynke. 1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. 127, I have presently made a Mixture..to serve for Writing Ink. 1688 Patents (1869) 2 A certaine powder..doth imediately turne the same [water] into very good black writing ink. 1728 Chambers Cycl. (1738) s.v. Ink, Chinese Ink is..not fluid, like our writing Inks. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 478/2 A blue writing ink has been lately introduced. 1887 D. A. Low Machine Draw. (1892) 2 For inking in drawings the best Indian ink should be used, and not common writing ink. |
| Comb. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade 417 Writing-ink Maker, a manufacturer of fluid inks for writing with. |