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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.

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Etymology

Origin of linecasting

First recorded in 1910–15

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linecasting

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 Noel Miller Loomis

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

From Nine Men in Time by Noel Miller Loomis

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

From Nine Men in Time by Noel Miller Loomis

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