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Linotype

(līn′ə tīp′)

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a typesetting machine that casts an entire line of type in one bar, or slug: it is operated from a keyboard

Origin: < line of type

noun

a machine of this kind
matter set in this way

transitive verb, intransitive verb linotyped, linotyping

to set (matter) with this machine

Related Forms:

linotypist noun or linotyper

See Linotype in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A trademark used for a machine that sets type on a metal slug, operated by a keyboard.

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