Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.
Syn. — Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice.
INJUSTICE
In*jus"tice, n. Etym: [F. injustice, L. injustitia. See In- not, and
Justice, and cf. Unjust.]
1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people [the Athenians] resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice. Burke.
2. An unjust act or deed; a sin; a crime; a wrong. Cunning men can be guilty of a thousand injustices without being discovered, or at least without being punished. Swift.
INK
Ink, n. (Mach.)
Defn: The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs.
INK
Ink, n. Etym: [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum the
purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their edicts, Gr.
Encaustic, Caustic.]
1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or printing. Make there a prick with ink. Chaucer. Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. Spenser.
2. A pigment. See India ink, under India.