Dabber is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 105 anagrams from letters in dabber (abbder).
First recorded in 1780-90; dab1 + -er1
Some engravers prefer the dabber to the roller even for regrounding entire plates.
A sheet of damp paper was laid on it and the back of the paper was carefully rubbed with a dabber or burnisher.
To equalize the ground a dabber was used, which was made of cotton-wool under horsehair, the whole inclosed in silk.
When it is not available the dabber must be employed in the old manner.
Clay of the desired thickness is then rolled out as described and applied to the mould and dabbed flat with a sponge or dabber.
But if you desire to do your own proving, you will have to use a dabber, the manner of making which is described in the next note.
Then try it by bringing down the dabber upon a clean sheet of paper with a smart blow.
The chafing-dish and the ball (or dabber) are now replaced by the gas flame and the inking-roller in most printing establishments.
This forms a dabber, and should have something to hold it by.
The dabber not only equalizes the distribution of the varnish, but also removes what is superfluous.