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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1512, 1577-1632, 1685
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Ink, n. Also: ynk. [ME. ink, inc (a 1300), enke (c 1250), OF. enque.] Ink. b. Attrib. with gombe (= gum), glas, and pig (a jar). See also Inkhorn.(a) a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 242.
Mercurius … With pen and ink 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 123.
That I with ink may do bot paper blek c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxix. 9.
Ȝe neid nocht … paper for to spend, nor ink a1578 Pitsc. II. 35/21.
I sall … help to mak thair instrumentis witht langer pennis and reder ink 1597 Halyb. cxiii.
Gwm for making of ink(b) a1500 Prestis of Peblis 164 (A).
With him a clerk with ynk, paper & pen c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 12.
Quhat I sould wryt, with pen and ynkb. 1632 Edinburgh Testaments LV. 279 b.
Threttein pund of inkgombe 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries 354.
An inkglase 1685 Ib. 357.
An inkpig
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