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A device used in printing with movable type to hold the type as it is being selected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
vinkelhage
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Dutch:
zethaak
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Dutch:
composteur
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Esperanto:
mankompostilo
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Finnish:
latomahaka
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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French:
composteur
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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German:
Winkelhaken
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Polish:
kątnik
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Polish:
winkielak
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Polish:
wierszownik
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Portuguese:
componedor
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Romanian:
culegar
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
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Russian:
набо́рная верста́тка
(nabórnaja verstátka)
— A device used to hold printing type as it is being selected
