Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In printing, an elastic ball formerly used to ink the types.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Print.) The ball formerly used to ink the type.

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  • noun historical, printing A ball used for inking the type.

Etymologies

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Old French pompette.

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