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单词 composing stick
释义

composing stick

noun

: a tray with an adjustable slide that a compositor holds in one hand and sets type into with the other

Illustration of composing stick

Illustration of composing stick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Typesetters were highly skilled workers who set by hand each individual letter of type upside-down and backwards on a composing stick, then placed them on the press. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1659, in the meaning defined above

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