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Antonyms for inked

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : ingk
Phonetic Transcription : ɪŋk


Definition of inked

Origin :
  • "the black liquor with which men write" [Johnson], mid-13c., from Old French enque "dark writing fluid" (11c.), from Late Latin encaustum, from Greek enkauston "purple or red ink," used by the Roman emperors to sign documents, originally a neuter adjective form of enkaustos "burned in," from stem of enkaiein "to burn in," from en- "in" + kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). The word is from a Greek method of applying colored wax and fixing it with heat. The Old English word for it was simply blæc, literally "black." Ink-blot test attested from 1928.
  • As in jobholding : adj employed
  • As in employed : adj working
  • As in mark : verb blemish, stain
  • As in autograph : verb write signature
  • As in sign : verb write name
  • As in subscribe : verb pay for use; contribute
  • As in subscribe : verb agree
  • As in write : verb put language down on paper
  • As in blacken : verb darken
  • As in undersign : verb sign
  • As in contract : verb come to terms
  • As in employ : verb give money in exchange for work performed
  • As in engage : verb hire for job, use
  • As in hire : verb commission for responsibility, use
Example sentences :
  • After the type had been inked, a sheet of paper was laid on it.
  • Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
  • It is also, of course, used for drawings which are afterwards "inked in."
  • Extract from : « Line and Form (1900) » by Walter Crane
  • The blocks are inked with rollers as in letter-press printing.
  • Extract from : « Her Majesty's Mails » by William Lewins
  • Then the stencil had to be taken from the roller that the latter might be inked again.
  • Extract from : « The Invention of Lithography » by Alois Senefelder
  • Then it must be washed with a wet sponge, after which it is inked.
  • Extract from : « The Invention of Lithography » by Alois Senefelder
  • There are two ways in which the map may be finished, inked, or traced.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • The inked design on the paper transfers itself to the earthenware.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Earthenware » by Arthur Hayden
  • The type is set in a cylinder that is covered by an inked ribbon.
  • Extract from : « Mechanical Devices in the Home » by Edith Louise Allen
  • It must first be carefully outlined in pencil and then inked in.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design » by David Allan Low
  • When the whole of the plate has been so inked, the impression is pulled.
  • Extract from : « Photogravure » by Henry R. Blaney

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