inking

An application of ink.

Noun

  1. An application of ink.
    • In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […] - 1900, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 175:
  2. Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
  3. Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
  4. A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.
    • Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab. The blue-ringed octopus...

Forms

inkings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of ink