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Definition of Inkstone
1. n. A kind of stone containing native vitriol or sulphate of iron, used in making ink.
Definition of Inkstone
1. Noun. A stone used by Chinese artists and calligraphers to grind dry ink and then to mix it with water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inkstone
1. a stone on which dry ink and water are mixed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inkstone
Literary usage of Inkstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The China magazine (1868)
"It was borne upon his mind that the inkstone was at the bottom of this, ...
The truth of this story is attested by the fact that the inkstone became an ..."
2. A Corner of Cathay: Studies from Life Among the Chinese by Adele Marion Fielde (1894)
"... the cake of ink which is rubbed upon a wetted inkstone to make the pigment in
which the brush is dipped, the inkstone, in which there is a little well ..."
3. Advance Japan: A Nation Thoroughly in Earnest by John Morris (1895)
"The articles used in the library—pencils, ink, paper, and inkstone—are ...
The inkstone is a piece of marble or other stone, often beautifully carved, ..."
4. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"Hi- used for holding an inkstone and necessaries. ... The box oont ans inkstone,
writing brushes, Japanese ink, &c., ..."
5. The Theory of Colouring: Being an Analysis of the Principles of Contrast and by J. Bacon (1872)
"600 36 Ditto , . .900 12-Cake handsome rosewood caddy lid box, containing inkstone,
palette, cut water glass, sable and other brushes, pencils, &c., ..."
6. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1896)
"Each pupil brings his own desk, stool, the brush used in writing hieroglyphics,
the cake of ink-which is rubbed upon a wetted inkstone to make the pigment ..."
7. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1886)
"The stone on -which ink is rubbed with water, ink-stone : — no ike, the depression
on an inkstone. ... The box in whicli the inkstone and pencils are kept. ..."
8. Toward the Rising Sun: Sketches of Life in Eastern Lands by Martha Luther Lane (1902)
"... used in writing hieroglyphics, the cake of ink which is rubbed upon a wetted
inkstone to make the pigment in which the brush is dipped, the inkstone, ..."
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