ductor

[ duhk-ter ]

noun

, Printing.

1. the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ductor¹

1540–50; < Latin: guide, equivalent to duc- (variant stem of dūcere to lead) + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

The Ductor Dubitantium is dedicated to Charles II. after the Restoration, but has a preface dated October, 1659.

From Project Gutenberg

The steel cylinder attached to the reservoir of ink has begun slowly to move,—the "doctor," or more properly "ductor," has risen to touch that cylinder for an instant, and thus receive a supply of ink,—the inking-table has passed under the "doctor" and carried off that supply,—and the distributing-rollers have spread it equally over the surface of the table.

From Project Gutenberg

For 15 years the history of the Cleveland Orchestra was chiefly made by three people: John Long Severance, its chief patron; Mrs. Adella Prentiss Hughes, its manager, who first convinced Cleveland that it wanted an orchestra; and Con ductor Nikolai Sokoloff who assembled the musicians, trained them from scratch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since nobody wants him for a competitor, the composers tell him he ought to be a full-time con ductor, and the conductors tell him he ought to be a full-time composer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rex Henricus sis amicus nobis in angustia Cuius prece nos a nece saluemur perpetua Lampas morum spes egrorum ferens medicamina Sis tuorum famulorum ductor ad celestia.

From Project Gutenberg