A small portable vessel (originally made of a horn) for holding writing-ink: now seldom used. †to smell of the inkhorn, to be pedantic; term of in…

A small pot for holding writing-ink.

(see quots.).

the receptacle in front of an isobath inkstand.

(a) the slate or stone slab of an ink-table; (b) a container for ink; spec. in the Far East, a slab on which ink is mixed ready for writing.

(a) = cartridge, n. additions (d); (b) any of various similar containers used in electronic typewriters, computer printers, etc.