Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In printing, a small tray of iron or other metal, with a raised side and end, which is held by a compositor in his left hand, and in which he places and arranges the types that he picks out of the cases with his right hand.
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Examples
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Even to the editor, whose only fields are those of literature, and whose only leaves grow from a composing-stick, the advent of a book like this is refreshing.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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The old man coughed, and Paul dropped his composing-stick into the space-box with a clatter, and spilt its contents there.
Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray
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The compositor holds in his hand a _composing-stick_, into which he places the type letter by letter, adding the spaces where necessary.
Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) Various
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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 Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. George Thompson
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Tuesday came, and in the middle of the morning's work a man rapped on his case with a composing-stick, and said aloud, 'I call
Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray
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As the type is set up it is removed from the composing-stick to long forms called _galleys_.
Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) Various
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Paul started as if an arrow had gone through him, and dropped his composing-stick a second time.
Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray
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In the second, the composing-stick used by the figure in the act of setting type is changed from the right to the left hand; the press shows improved mechanical construction, indicating greater solidity and strength.
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In a moment the foreman was explaining to Hilda, in his superb voice, the use of the composing-stick, and he accompanied the theory by a beautiful exposition of the practice; Edwin could stand aside and watch.
Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1899
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Unterrified by the commotion which his composing-stick was producing near and far, he laughed to scorn the abuse and threats of his enemies.
William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Archibald Henry Grimk�� 1889
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