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ink ball

ink ball is the alternative form of inkball.

Meaning of inkball

Noun

inkball (plural inkballs)

  1. The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink.
    • 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.1946, William A. Murrill, Familiar trees
  2. (historical) 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.
    • […]consider that this perfect work was done on a wooden press, that the form was inked by hand with inkballs or "daubers,"[…]1977, Maurice Annenberg, A Typographic journey through the Inland printer, 1883-1900

Forms of ink ball

pluralink balls

Questions about ink ball

What is ink ball the alternative form of?
Ink ball is the alternative form of inkball.

Words near ink ball in the dictionary

  1. injustice collector
  2. injustice collectors
  3. injustices
  4. injustly
  5. ink
  6. ink ball
  7. ink balls
  8. ink bomb
  9. ink bombs
  10. ink bottle
  11. ink bottles

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