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one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.[1810-20]
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ink ball — noun also inking ball : a ball shaped inking pad formerly used by printers * * * Print. one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller … Useful english dictionary
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ball|point — «BL POYNT», noun, or ballpoint pen, a pen that writes by means of a small metal ball set in its point. The ball turns against a cartridge holding ink in semisolid form and transmits it to the paper against which it is pressed … Useful english dictionary
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ink — n. & v. n. 1 a a coloured fluid used for writing with a pen, marking with a rubber stamp, etc. b a thick paste used in printing, duplicating, in ball point pens, etc. 2 Zool. a black liquid ejected by a cuttlefish, octopus, etc. to confuse a… … Useful english dictionary
ball-point pen — A writing instrument having as its marking tip a small, freely rotating ball bearing that rolls the ink onto the paper. Many of these pens use a highly viscous, nonaqueous ink, but in recent years construction of some pens has been adapted to… … Forensic science glossary
ball-point pen — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also ball point ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ : a pen having as the writing point a small steel ball that rotates in its socket and inks itself by contact with an inner magazine of ink … Useful english dictionary
inking ball — noun see ink ball … Useful english dictionary
nonaqueous ink — Ink in which the pigment or dye is carried in any vehicle other than water. Inks of this class are found in ball point pens, typewriter ribbons, and stamp pads, and are widely used in the printing industry … Forensic science glossary
Uni-ball — and uni are brands of pens and pencils, made by the nihongo|Mitsubishi Pencil Company|三菱鉛筆株式会社|Mitsubishi Enpitsu Kabushiki Kaisha|tyo|7976 of Japan. The brand currently has several lines of pens including: Jetstream, Vision Elite, 207, and Power … Wikipedia
