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atrament|ˈætrəmənt|
[ad. L. ātrāmentum blacking, ink, f. *ātrā-re to blacken, f. āter black.]
Blacking, ink; any similar black substance, as the ‘ink’ of the cuttle-fish.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xxxiii. (1495) 879 Attrament is made of sote. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 195 Being in dainger, they [cuttle-fish] cast forth their atrament. 1678R. Russell Geber i. iii. 8 There are divers Atraments and they are found of divers Colour. 1834Allan Min. 15 Atrament Stone..is a mixture of the sulphate and peroxide of iron..of a dark brick-red colour. |