stickfuln.

Brit.

/ˈstɪkfʊl/, U.S.

/ˈstɪkˌfʊl/

Forms: see stick n.¹ and -ful suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stick n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < stick n.¹ + -ful suffix.

Printing.

As many characters of type as a composing stick will hold. Also figurative: a (long) piece of text. Cf. stick n.¹ 11g.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > composed type > [noun] > amount composing-stick will hold

stickful1683

stick of letter(s)1683

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 224 He Justifies his Stick-full just to the breadth of the Wooden Letter with Quadrats or Quotations.

1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 293 In casting off copy or matter, it is said that it makes so much—a galley, a stickful, etc.—that is, it occupies so much space.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 700/2 Stickful after stickful of type is placed on the galley.

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 176/1 She must serve her apprenticeship once more, gathering the stickfuls with a ‘woman's angle’.

1966 L. J. Braun Cat who could read Backwards i. 16 That's a stickful! Does he use all three names like that?

2008 W. McBurney After this Exile 90 Each time he turned away to set the next six lines, the first stickful sank out of sight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stickful
释义	stickfuln. Brit. /ˈstɪkfʊl/, U.S. /ˈstɪkˌfʊl/ Forms: see stick n.¹ and -ful suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stick n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < stick n.¹ + -ful suffix. Printing. As many characters of type as a composing stick will hold. Also figurative: a (long) piece of text. Cf. stick n.¹ 11g. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > composed type > [noun] > amount composing-stick will hold stickful1683 stick of letter(s)1683 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 224 He Justifies his Stick-full just to the breadth of the Wooden Letter with Quadrats or Quotations. 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 293 In casting off copy or matter, it is said that it makes so much—a galley, a stickful, etc.—that is, it occupies so much space. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 700/2 Stickful after stickful of type is placed on the galley. 1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 176/1 She must serve her apprenticeship once more, gathering the stickfuls with a ‘woman's angle’. 1966 L. J. Braun Cat who could read Backwards i. 16 That's a stickful! Does he use all three names like that? 2008 W. McBurney After this Exile 90 Each time he turned away to set the next six lines, the first stickful sank out of sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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