gall-nut ink

English

Noun

gall-nut ink (plural gall-nut inks)

1. acid blue-to-black ink, blue or purple when fresh, but turning intense black from iron oxidation, containing iron ions and tannic acids obtained from crushed gall-nuts and a solution of gum, or glue, and copperas, slowly replaced carbon ink and used from late antiquity to 20th century

Synonyms

• gall nut ink
• gallnut ink
• iron-gall ink
• iron gall ink
• oak-gall ink
• oak gall ink
• standard ink
• common ink

Translations

Translations

• French: encre de noix de galle ?
• German: Eisengallustinte (de) f, Gallustinte f
• Italian: inchiostro metallo-gallico m, inchiostro ferrogallico m
• Portuguese: tinta metalogálica f, tinta ferrogálica f
• Spanish: tinta de agallas f