the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who or that which dabs.
n. In stereotyping, a hard hair brush used in the papier-maché process for dabbing the back of the damp paper, and so driving it into the interstices of the type.
n. A camel-hair brush used for cleaning picture-frames and for various purposes in photography.
To confound or stupefy by rapid talking.
To jar; wrangle.
Word Usage
"I think -- see, I put it there, because we have a dabber, so you can dab and dab and dab."