Ink
Ink often carries the weight of what cannot be taken back—words spoken, judgments made, reputations marked. Perhaps the dream asks whether you fear being misunderstood, or whether something in you needs to be written down and witnessed before it fades.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for ink, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see ink spilled over one's clothing, many small and spiteful meannesses will be wrought you through envy.
If a young woman sees ink, she will be slandered by a rival.
To dream that you have ink on your fingers, you will be jealous and seek to injure some one unless you exercise your better nature. If it is red ink, you will be involved in a serious trouble.
To dream that you make ink, you will engage in a low and debasing business, and you will fall into disreputable associations.
To see bottles of ink in your dreams, indicates enemies and unsuccessful interests.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream that you see splashes of ink on white paper, or on anything, is a sign of scandal: after such a dream, you may be sure that somebody will be talking pretty hard about you: the larger the splashes the bigger will be the stories that are told.