Definition of Dabber

1. n. 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.

Definition of Dabber

1. Noun. a thing or person that dabs. ¹

2. Noun. a cushioned pad used for applying ink. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dabber

1. one that dabs [n -S] - See also: dabs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabber

daals
dab
dab-handed
dab hand
dab hands
dabb
dabb lizard
dabb lizards
dabbawala
dabbawalas
dabbawalla
dabbawallah
dabbawallahs
dabbawallas
dabbed
dabber (current term)
dabbers
dabbing
dabbities
dabbity
dabble
dabbled
dabbler
dabblers
dabbles
dabbling
dabbling duck
dabbling ducks
dabblings
dabchick

Literary usage of Dabber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (1880)
"Now heat your dabber, and pass it over the ground. Finally, when the dabber is thoroughly impregnated with the ground, carry it cautiously and little by ..."

2. The Etcher's Handbook: Giving an Account of the Old Processes, and of by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1881)
"The ground will spread itself properly under the dabber, and if the dabber does not ... THE dabber. You now need the dabber, which is made of cottonwool and ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1862)
"Take up a portion of the oil-paint from the corner of the paper, with the dabber, and, by dabbing, give tho central portion of the sheet of foolscap a coat ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1862)
"Take up a portion of the oil-paint from the corner of the paper, with the dabber, and, by dabbing, give tho central portion of the sheet of foolscap a coat ..."

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