Meanings
nouncomposing stick (plural composing sticks)
plural composing sticks
- A device used in printing with movable type to hold the type as it is being selected.
Translations
Danish vinkelhage
- vinkelhageA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Dutch zethaak, composteur
- zethaakA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
- composteurA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Esperanto mankompostilo
- mankompostiloA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Finnish latomahaka
- latomahakaA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
French composteur
- composteurA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
German Winkelhaken
- WinkelhakenA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Polish kątnik, winkielak
- kątnikA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
- winkielakA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
- wierszownikA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Portuguese componedor
- componedorA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Romanian culegar
- culegarA device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
Russian набо́рная верста́тка
- набо́рная верста́тка (nabórnaja verstátka)A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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APA
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“composing stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/composing%20stick. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “composing stick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/composing%20stick.
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