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ink

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1. ink - Noun

2. ink - Verb

Meaning

The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.

A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.

A pigment. See India ink, under India.

To put ink upon; to supply with ink; to blacken, color, or daub with ink.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Modern poets put a lot of water into their ink. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. F. H. Bradley

The palest ink is better than the best memory. Chinese Proverb

A wise mans ink lasts until only the stupid remain. Zimbabwe Proverb

He who stays near vermilion gets stained red; he who stays near ink gets stained black. Chinese Proverb

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