" ink "

[Noun]  | "ink" | \ ˈiŋk \

1: a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing

2: the black protective secretion of a cephalopod

3: publicity

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English enke, from Anglo-French encre, enke, from Late Latin encaustum, from neuter of Latin encaustus burned in, from Greek enkaustos, verbal of enkaiein to burn in {mat|encaustic|};

[Noun]  | "ink-jet printer" 

1: a printer that works by spraying small drops of ink onto paper

[Noun]  | "ink pad" 

1: a piece of soft material that is soaked with ink and used to get ink onto a rubber stamp

[Noun]  | "india ink" 

1: a solid black pigment (such as specially prepared lampblack) used in drawing and lettering

2: a fluid ink consisting usually of a fine suspension of india ink in a liquid

Origin: 1665 ;

[Noun]  | "red ink" 

1: a business loss : deficit

2: the condition of showing a business loss

Origin: 1926 ;

 From the use of red ink in financial statements to indicate a loss;

[Noun]  | "Indian ink" 

1: black ink used especially for drawing

[Noun]  | "invisible ink" 

1: ink that can only be seen when it is specially treated in some way

[Verb]  | "ink" 

1: to put ink on

2: to draw or write in ink —often used with in

3: to obliterate with ink —usually used with out

Origin: 1562 ;

[Phrasal verb]  | "ink in" 

1: to write or draw (something) in ink

[Idiom]  | "drowning/awash in red ink" 

1: deeply in debt

[Verb]  | "ink" 

[Noun]  | "ink"