Meaning of inkhorn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
   archaic
2. Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
   attributive, derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

“Goe good partner, goe get⟳ you to Francis Seacole, bid him bring⟳ his pen and inkehorne to the Gaole: we are now to examine⟳ thoſe men.”

“[…]and one man among them was clothed with linnen, with a writers inkehorne by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brasen altar.”

“Men in helmets have⟳ divided that, with swords; men in wigs, with quill and inkhorn, to divide⟳ it: and even more hateful these latter, if more peaceably; for the wig-method is at once irresistibler and baser.”

“[…] from his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn, Wrote with a steady hand the date⟳ and the age of the parties,”

““All right,” said Haley, his face⟳ beaming with delight; and pulling out an old inkhorn, he proceeded to fill⟳ out a bill of sale, which, in a few moments, he handed to the young man.”

“When a man of the theatre stirs his inkhorn he is frequently tempted to write⟳ a play⟳ about the theatre.”

“And ere that we will ſuffer ſuch a Prince, So kinde a Father of the Common-weale, To be diſgraced by an Inke-horne Mate, Wee and our Wiues and Children all will fight⟳ And haue our bodyes ſlaughtred by thy foes.”

“The tale retained its bookish and even inkhorn appeal, since established short-story forms continued to be read⟳, and new ones written.”

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