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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink.
  2. (historical, printing) A leather-covered dauber, stuffed with soft, resilient wadding, with a wooden handle, used to ink type forms for printing. A predecessor of brayers and self-inking presses.

Esimerkit

  • The first tree I knew was an oak under which I played as a small child and gathered large inkballs that I used as marbles.
  • I said that ink made from pokeberries was better than that made from inkballs. I said that inkballs on oak trees were scarce. All the other students laughed. They bought commercial ink at the stores.
  • [...]consider that this perfect work was done on a wooden press, that the form was inked by hand with inkballs or "daubers,"[...]
  • He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. [...] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkoinkballs