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Sponge is used both by compositors and pressmen — by compositors, to wet matter that is tied up previous to distributing it — to wet matter that is not tied up, to prevent it going into pie — and in correcting to wet matter, particularly if it be small letter, when it is necessary to transpose it: by pressmen, to wet their tympans with.
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