Results for Dabber
Definitions of Dabber:
part of speech: noun
An instrument used by engravers and others.
part of speech: noun
One who or that which dabs: specifically, ( a) in printing, a ball formed of an elastic material and fitted with a handle, formerly used for inking a form of type: ( b) in engr. a silk- covered elastic ball used for spreading etching ground upon steel or copper plates: ( c) in stereotyping, a hard hair brush used in the papier- mache process for dabbing the back of the damp paper, and so driving it into the interstices of the type.