inkball

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. 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. historical
    — […]consider that this perfect work was done on a wooden press, that the form was inked by hand with inkballs or "daubers,"[…]

词形变化

inkballs plural ink-ball alternative ink ball alternative

词源

From ink + ball.
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