01 n. A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a key…
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A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing the keys of a keyboard like one on a typewriter, the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the entire line, or stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic.(Print.)