What does inkball mean?
Inkball means The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
I said that ink made from pokeberries was better than that made from inkballs. I said that inkballs on oak trees were scarce. All the other students laughed. They bought commercial ink at the stores.
[…]consider that this perfect work was done on a wooden press, that the form was inked by hand with inkballs or "daubers,"[…]
He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. […] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
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Inkball means The gall of an oak tree, used to produce ink..
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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.
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