| Ink 1. (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs. 2. (n.) A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing. 3. (n.) A pigment. See India. 4. (v. t.) To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink. Thesaurus Entries autograph, ballpoint pen, bedarken, besmirch, black, blackboard, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, chalk, charcoal, coal, cork, crayon, crow, darken, denigrate, dinge, ebon, ebonize, ebony, eraser, inkhorn, inkstand, inkwell, invisible ink, jet, lead pencil, melanize, murk, nib, night, nigrify, oversmoke, pen, pitch, plume, quill, raven, reed, shade, shadow, signature, slate, sloe, smirch, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, soot, stencil, style, stylograph, stylus, subscribe, sympathetic ink, table, tablet, tar |