Meaning of Inking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An application of ink.
   countable, uncountable
2. Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
   countable, uncountable
3. Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
   countable, uncountable
4. A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]”

“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 Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.”

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