Also writing-ink. [WRITING vbl. sb. 12 b + INK sb.1 1.] A make of ink or writing-fluid prepared or suitable for writing with the pen.
1548. Elyot, Atramentum scriptorium, writyng ynke.
1663. Boyle, Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos., II. 127. I have presently made a Mixture … to serve for Writing Ink.
1688. Patents (1869), 2. A certaine powder … doth imediately turne the same [water] into very good black writing ink.
1728. Chambers, Cycl. (1738), s.v. Ink, Chinese Ink is … not fluid, like our writing Inks.
1838. Penny Cycl., XII. 478/2. A blue writing ink has been lately introduced.
1887. D. A. Low, Machine Draw. (1892), 2. For inking in drawings the best Indian ink should be used, and not common writing ink.
Comb. 1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, 417. Writing-ink Maker, a manufacturer of fluid inks for writing with.
