dünnflüssige Lösungen oder Suspensionen von Farbstoffen in Wasser, gewöhnl. synthet. Teerfarbstoffe.
ETYM Old Eng. enke, inke, Old Fren. enque, French encre, Latin encaustum the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Greek, from kaiein to burn. Related to Encaustic, Caustic.
(Homonym: inc.).
1. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
2. Dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods.