inking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of ink

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An application of ink.

   “In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
3. (countable, uncountable)Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
4. (countable, uncountable)A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.

   “Mucus-rich ink is supposedly a dangerous or annoying substance that interferes with fish gills and some cephalopods react adversely to their own inkings in small containers or in the lab. The blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata has tetrodotoxin, the deadly toxin it also releases in a bite, in their ink but the concentrations and effect in inking are not known.”