wetter (weter)

One who wets, or practises wetting, for some purpose; specifically, in printing, a workman who wets down paper. See phrase under wet1, v. t. wetter-off (wet'er-of'), п. In gla - making, a workman who detaches formed bottles from the blowing-iron by applying a moistened tool to the neck. wetting-machine (wet'ing-ma-shēn"), n. A mechanism that dampens paper and makes it suitable for printing. It is made in many forms, the simplest of which is a flexible and vibrating rose-nozle attached by a pipe to a water-tank. Paper for web-pre es is usually dampened by a spray of water from a perforated pipe as the paper is automatically unwound.