inkpot
Meanings
noun
- A pot for holding ink, which was a necessary complement to pens without a built-in inkwell (such as a quill pen) (such pots were formerly ubiquitous but are now unusual except among people with artistic or historical interest in such pens).
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Etymology
From ink + pot.
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