dandy roll

American  

noun

Papermaking.

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

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dandy roll British  

noun

1. a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks

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Etymology

Origin of dandy roll

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

After passing the dandy roll the paper goes over a number of rollers covered with felt and cylinders heated by steam, until it is dry.

From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.

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

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

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

From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.