Inkhorn
[ingk-hawrn] /ˈɪŋkˌhɔrn/
noun
1.
a small container of or other material, formerly used to hold writing .
/ˈɪŋkˌhɔːn/
noun
1.
(formerly) a small portable container for ink, usually made from horn
n.
late 14c., “small portable vessel (originally made of horn) for holding ink,” from ink (n.) + horn (n.). Used attributively as an adjective for things (especially vocabulary) supposed to be beloved by scribblers and bookworms (1540s). An Old English word for the thing was blæchorn.
The Hebrew word so rendered means simply a round vessel or cup for containing ink, which was generally worn by writers in the girdle (Ezek. 9:2, 3,11). The word “inkhorn” was used by the translators, because in former times in this country horns were used for containing ink.
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