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inkballs

inkballs is the plural 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

Questions about inkballs

What is inkballs the plural of?
Inkballs is the plural of inkball.

Words near inkballs in the dictionary

  1. inkable
  2. inkalimeva
  3. Inkan
  4. Inkas
  5. inkball
  6. inkballs
  7. inkberries
  8. Inkberrow
  9. inkberry
  10. inkberry hollies
  11. inkberry holly

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