"wet end" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wet ends [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet end (plural wet ends)
  1. The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water). Translations (section of a paper machine): märkäpää (Finnish), Siebpartie [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-wet_end-en-noun-C3dTdN20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'section of a paper machine': 99 1
  2. Someone who is incompetent.
    Sense id: en-wet_end-en-noun-MggDay7U

Inflected forms

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