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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Supplying or covering with ink.

Inking roller

a somewhat elastic roller, used to spread ink over forms of type, copperplates, etc.

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Inking trough

Inking table

a trough or table from which the inking roller receives its ink.

inking

inking ‎(plural inkings)

An application of ink.
- 1900, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (page 175)
  In a rotary printing-machine, a cylinder carrying a single relief design, means for imparting successive complete inkings to said design […]
Work done by an inker, one kind of commercial artist
Inputting text or drawings into a computer, tablet, or similar apparatus using a stylus.
A defensive activity where ink is released by squids, cuttlefish, etc.