"inkball" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1975, Jesse Stuart, My world, page 8",
          "text": "I said that ink made from pokeberries was better than that made from inkballs. I said that inkballs on oak trees were scarce. All the other students laughed. They bought commercial ink at the stores.",
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          "ref": "1977, Maurice Annenberg, A Typographic journey through the Inland printer, 1883-1900",
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          "ref": "2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret",
          "text": "He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. […] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.",
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