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I write, seated on a mat on the floor and leaning upon a little Japanese desk, ornamented with swallows in relief; my ink is Chinese, my ink-stand, just like that of my landlord, is in jade, with dear little frogs and toads carved on the rim.

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  1. noun A pigmented liquid or paste used especially for writing or printing.
  2. noun A dark liquid ejected for protection by most cephalopods, including the octopus and squid.
  3. noun Informal Coverage in the print media; publicity: Her campaign rallies generated a lot of ink.
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  1. Middle English inke, from Old French enque, from Late Latin encaustum, purple ink, from Greek enkauston, painted in encaustic, from enkaiein, to paint in encaustic, burn in; see encaustic.

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  1. Early modern English also inck; from Middle English inke, ynke, inc, enk, enke, encke = Dutch inkt, from Old French enque, enche, French encre = Provencal encaut = Italian inchiostro, ink, from Late Latin encaustum, from LGr. ε̆γκαυστον, purple ink, later (Middle Greek) any ink, neuter of ε̆γκαυστος (later L. encaustus), burnt in: see encaustic. Other words for ‘ink’ are Spanish Portuguese tinta, German tinte, dinte (see tint); Swedish bläk, Danish blæk (see black); New Greek μελάνη (black), etc.
  2. from ink, n.
  3. Origin obscure.
 

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