Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being
discovered, or at least without being punished.
Swift.
Ink (k), n. (Mach.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a
millstone spindle runs.
Ink, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the purple
red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; burnt in, encaustic, fr. &?; to burn in. See Encaustic, Caustic.]
1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds
(commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing.
Make there a prick with ink.
Chaucer.
Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink.
Spenser.