What is that with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink called?
dabber — That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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