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gall-nut ink in German

gall-nut ink in German is Eisengallustinte, Gallustinte.

gall-nut ink in German

Eisengallustinte
noun
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
Gallustinte
noun
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
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What is "gall-nut ink" in German?
"gall-nut ink" in German is Eisengallustinte, Gallustinte.
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Yes — German has 2 translations listed for "gall-nut ink": Eisengallustinte, Gallustinte.
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