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单词 indian ink
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Indian inkn.

Brit. /ˌɪndɪən ˈɪŋk/, U.S. /ˌɪndiən ˈɪŋk/
Forms: see Indian adj. and ink n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Indian adj., ink n.1
Etymology: < Indian adj. + ink n.1
A solid black pigment consisting of carbon particles mixed with gum; a deep black ink made from this, used esp. in drawing and technical graphics. Cf. China-ink n. at China n.1 2d.Indian ink was originally made in China and Japan and was typically sold in the form of a cake or stick to which water was added; it is now usually sold as a liquid, consisting of a colloidal suspension of carbon particles in water.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] > pigment
blackOE
lamp-black1598
charcoal-black1622
ivory-black1634
blue-black1665
bone black1665
Indian ink1665
India ink1700
smoke-black1712
China-ink1782
Frankfort black1823
almond black1835
Spanish black1839
gas black1841
abaiser1849
peach black1852
vine-black1860
carbon black1872
drop-black1879
aspergillin1891
1665 S. Pepys Diary 5 Nov. (1972) VI. 289 Mr. Evelings, who..showed me most excellent painting in little—in distemper, Indian Incke—water colours.
1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 82 Indian Ink makes the best Black; and affords Pictures very like those from Copper-Plates.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 18 His designs..are in Indian ink, heightened with white.
1843 Med. Times 10 June 164/2 Permanency may..be conferred on ink..by dissolving a stick of Indian ink in each bottle of common ink.
1887 A. Lang Bks. & Bookmen 88 It seemed to be sepia, sometimes mixed with a little Indian ink.
1902 Times 22 Nov. 17/3 If particles such as those of Indian ink are suspended in water they will be found to have passed..into the lymph spaces round the alveoli.
1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xi. 359/2 The ruling pen can be filled easily by the use of an ordinary pen dipped in to the Indian ink.
2005 P. R. Keefe Chatter viii. 201 Like Indian ink, the mark will likely remain with the person forever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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