| 单词 | pumpet-ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspumpet-ball More fully pumpet-ball. The ball, originally covered with sheepskin, formerly used by printers for inking the type; an ink-ball. Cf. pump-ball n., pumping ball n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > inking equipment > [noun] > inking ball pumping ball1587 ball1611 pump-ball1611 pumpet1611 pelt1683 pelt balla1828 dauber1850 dabber1854 dab1861 tampion1877 tampon1877 ink-ball1884 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pompette d'imprimeur, a Printers Pumpet-ball..wherewith he beates, or layes Inke on, the Formes. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xii. 86 If..they did not sacrifice the Printers pumpet-balls at Moreb [Fr. sinon bravement qu'on sacrifiast les pompetes au moret], with a new edge set upon them by text letters. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Pumpet-bal. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Pompet, a printer's inking-ball. < as lemmas |
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