A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Cooking
Oily inks are made with a certain amount of oil which is to a greater or lesser degree thickened by cooking. The thinnest oil has been cooked the least (about half an hour) while the thickest one is cooked longer. The cooking of the oil is then followed up by a burning whose purpose it is to degrease the oil. Oil that has not been cooked is spoken of as raw (such as raw linseed oil). [* oil].
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