Definition of Inking

1. a. Supplying or covering with ink.

Definition of Inking

1. Verb. (present participle of ink) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inking

1. ink [v] - See also: ink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inking

inker
inkers
inkfish
inkfishes
inkhorn
inkhorn term
inkhornism
inkhornisms
inkhorns
inkhosi
inkier
inkiest
inkily
inkiness
inkinesses
inking (current term)
inking pad
inkjet
inkjet printer
inkjet printers
inkjets
inkle
inkled
inkles
inkless
inklessly
inklike
inkling
inklings
inkneed

Literary usage of Inking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"As the inking table attached to the revolving drum passes each of the?e ductor ... It nest encounters the inking rollers to which it delivers over this ..."

2. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"The required tension in the inking ribbon 0г is thus maintained. ... The inking ribbon d3 is by this means kept properly charged with ink. ..."

3. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"inking. (1) Make sure that the ruling pen is in good working order ... Of what avail is it to plot accurately in pencil only to lose accuracy in inking? ..."

4. Industrial Drawing: Comprising the Description and Uses of Drawing by Dennis Hart Mahan, Dwinel F. Thompson (1905)
"As a rule it is better to complete the drawing in pencil before inking ; to this ... inking a drawing. It is customary in inking a drawing to ink all the ..."

5. Reports of Cases Arising Upon Letters Patent for Inventions: Determined in by Samuel Sparks Fisher (1874)
"Yet it is said that the plaintiff's apparatus will not work with such inking process as he describes in his patent, and will only work with such an ..."

6. Topographic Instructions of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1913)
"inking. Character.—In inking field sheets the topographer should bear in mind that ... He should therefore execute his inking with neatness and exactness, ..."

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