composing stick

noun Printing.

a portable, adjustable, usually metal tray that the compositor holds in one hand while placing in it type gathered with the other hand.

Also called job stick.

Origin of composing stick

First recorded in 1670–80

Words nearby composing stick

comportment, compose, composed, composer, composing room, composing stick, composite, composite colour signal, composite family, composite flap, composite function

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Example sentences from the Web for composing stick

Being expert with the composing-stick, he was readily engaged at good wages by his old employer, Keimer.
Benjamin Franklin|John Torrey Morse, Jr.
Thus we now have the expressions: a "composing-room," a "composing-stick," etc.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
The whole process is completed by setting up the types in a printer's composing-stick, and tying them up with packthread.
Popular Technology; Volume 2|Edward Hazen
He flushed up as Reginald approached, and put down his composing-stick to shake hands with him.
Reginald Cruden|Talbot Baines Reed

I know many actors who are practical printers, fellows who can wield a composing-stick as deftly as a fighting sword.
My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson|George Thompson

British Dictionary definitions for composing stick

composing stick

noun

printing a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used

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单词	composing stick
释义	composing stick noun Printing. a portable, adjustable, usually metal tray that the compositor holds in one hand while placing in it type gathered with the other hand. Also called job stick. Origin of composing stick First recorded in 1670–80 Words nearby composing stick comportment, compose, composed, composer, composing room, composing stick, composite, composite colour signal, composite family, composite flap, composite function Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for composing stick Being expert with the composing-stick, he was readily engaged at good wages by his old employer, Keimer. Benjamin Franklin\|John Torrey Morse, Jr. Thus we now have the expressions: a "composing-room," a "composing-stick," etc. Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14)\|Elbert Hubbard The whole process is completed by setting up the types in a printer's composing-stick, and tying them up with packthread. Popular Technology; Volume 2\|Edward Hazen He flushed up as Reginald approached, and put down his composing-stick to shake hands with him. Reginald Cruden\|Talbot Baines Reed I know many actors who are practical printers, fellows who can wield a composing-stick as deftly as a fighting sword. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson\|George Thompson British Dictionary definitions for composing stick composing stick noun printing a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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