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inkhorn
/ ˈɪŋkˌhɔːn /
noun
- (formerly) a small portable container for ink, usually made from horn
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Occleve always depicted Chaucer with a rosary in his hand, and his penner, containing his pen and inkhorn, hanging to his vest.
One day they saw one of us take out pen and inkhorn and write down their answers to our many questions.
He fetched an inkhorn set into a tripod, a sandarach, and a roll of clean parchment that was tied around with a green ribbon.
And La Boulaye took down an inkhorn a quill, and a sheaf of paper from the mantel-shelf behind him.
Hannibal donned his helmet and cuirass, Hanno put his official inkhorn in his girdle, and we lost no time in setting off.
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