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linecasting

American

[lahyn-kas-ting, -kah-sting] / ˈlaɪnˌkæs tɪŋ, -ˌkɑ stɪŋ /

Or line-casting

noun

Printing.

the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.

Other Word Forms

line caster noun
linecaster noun

Etymology

Origin of linecasting

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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Two still were at the linecasting machines, and a whole crew of others were running around the floor.

From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller

If anybody ever tells you they can't get seventeen hundred galleys of type a day out of six linecasting machines—well, they just don't know High-Pockets Jones.

From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller

The next morning I saw a new face at the keyboard of one of our linecasting machines.

From Nine Men in Time by Loomis, Noel Miller

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