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dandy roll

noun

, Papermaking.
  1. a light, open cylinder of wire gauze in a papermaking machine, for smoothing wet pulp and for impressing a watermark.


dandy roll

noun

  1. a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dandy roll1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

As the paper comes from the wires it passes under the dandy roll.

The suction boxes accelerate the expulsion of water, and the dandy roll closes the fibers together as the film passes beneath it.

C—The water-mark in paper is effected by raised lines on the dandy roll.

As the pulp moves along with the gauze band it passes under a roller called the "dandy roll."

The continually moving pulp layer assumes greater consistency the nearer it approaches to the dandy roll.

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