sympathetic ink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic ink
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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They seemed to bring out like acid on sympathetic ink the miracle of a Mr. Hyde where his comrades had known only a Doctor Jekyll.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
It appears that there is much correspondence with sympathetic ink at Zossen.
From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton
The first page looked as if it had been written over with some sort of sympathetic ink; but not a word could be deciphered.
From Saxe Holm's Stories by Helen Hunt Jackson
I kept it, as I said, and since that time I have tried various experiments to see whether sympathetic ink had been used, but absolutely without result.
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
I could only see the vague figures that grew and faded upon the haze, as my eye fell upon them, like the intermittent characters of sympathetic ink when heat touches them.
From Prue and I by George William Curtis
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