hot-metaladj.n.

Brit.

/hɒtˈmɛtl/, U.S.

/ˌhɑtˈmɛdl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., metal n.

Etymology: < hot adj. + metal n.

A. adj.

1. Founding and Metallurgy. Designating or relating to the handling of molten metal; esp. designating a steel-making process in which the charge consists wholly or chiefly of molten iron. Cf. hot adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > processes in founding or casting

Mitis casting1885

hot-metal1901

knock-out1942

pressure-cast1973

1901 Iron Age 31 Oct. 5/1 The entire cast is run out under a skimmer in cast iron runners into the hot metal ladles.

1929 C. R. Hayword Outl. Metall. Pract. xxii. 463 (caption) Hot-metal mixer at South Chicago... A ladle supported by a crane is delivering metal.

1951 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel II. xii. 356 The cupola metal replaces the molten pig iron employed in the hot-metal open-hearth process.

1975 A. Slaven Devel. West of Scotl. x. 217 The efficiency of the industry was greatly increased by the extended use of the hot-metal process.

2. Printing. Designating printing machines and processes (e.g. Linotype) that employ the injection of molten type metal into moulds or matrices having the shape of the characters to be printed.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [adjective] > hot-metal

hot-metal1938

1938 Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 28 Aug. d13/3 (caption) Operators working..at a keyboard resembling that of a typewriter transform the news and advertising copy into hot metal type as fast as it pours into the composing room.

1964 A. T. Turnbull & R. N. Baird Graphics of Communication v. 83 Hot-metal composition is done on various type-casting machines.

1971 Brit. Printer Aug. 61/1 Harris-Intertype has introduced a low-cost photo text setter, the price of which is said to be comparable to that of a modern, manual hot-metal machine.

2003 M. Belson On the Press 342 (Gloss.) Hot Metal typesetting: A form of typesetting in which type is cast from molten metal as distinguished from hand-set (and therefore cold) metal type or phototypesetting etc.

B. n.

Molten type metal used in typesetting.

ΚΠ

1958 Times 2 Dec. 5/6 A system of printing, which does not use conventional methods of typesetting with hot metal, is gaining ground.

1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print vii. 89 In the printer's world the photo-composing machine may have solved certain problems related to the expense and difficulty of setting in hot metal.

1998 A. Fadiman Ex Libris (2000) 121 I developed a taste for bindings assembled with thread rather then glue, type set in hot metal rather than by computer, and frontispieces protected by little sheets of tissue paper.

2002 P. Baines & A. Haslam Type & Typogr. iv. 79/1 Monotype's last typeface for hot metal, Barbou, was released in 1968.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hot-metal
释义	hot-metaladj.n. Brit. /hɒtˈmɛtl/, U.S. /ˌhɑtˈmɛdl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., metal n. Etymology: < hot adj. + metal n. A. adj. 1. Founding and Metallurgy. Designating or relating to the handling of molten metal; esp. designating a steel-making process in which the charge consists wholly or chiefly of molten iron. Cf. hot adj. 6. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > processes in founding or casting Mitis casting1885 hot-metal1901 knock-out1942 pressure-cast1973 1901 Iron Age 31 Oct. 5/1 The entire cast is run out under a skimmer in cast iron runners into the hot metal ladles. 1929 C. R. Hayword Outl. Metall. Pract. xxii. 463 (caption) Hot-metal mixer at South Chicago... A ladle supported by a crane is delivering metal. 1951 G. R. Bashforth Manuf. Iron & Steel II. xii. 356 The cupola metal replaces the molten pig iron employed in the hot-metal open-hearth process. 1975 A. Slaven Devel. West of Scotl. x. 217 The efficiency of the industry was greatly increased by the extended use of the hot-metal process. 2. Printing. Designating printing machines and processes (e.g. Linotype) that employ the injection of molten type metal into moulds or matrices having the shape of the characters to be printed. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [adjective] > hot-metal hot-metal1938 1938 Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 28 Aug. d13/3 (caption) Operators working..at a keyboard resembling that of a typewriter transform the news and advertising copy into hot metal type as fast as it pours into the composing room. 1964 A. T. Turnbull & R. N. Baird Graphics of Communication v. 83 Hot-metal composition is done on various type-casting machines. 1971 Brit. Printer Aug. 61/1 Harris-Intertype has introduced a low-cost photo text setter, the price of which is said to be comparable to that of a modern, manual hot-metal machine. 2003 M. Belson On the Press 342 (Gloss.) Hot Metal typesetting: A form of typesetting in which type is cast from molten metal as distinguished from hand-set (and therefore cold) metal type or phototypesetting etc. B. n. Molten type metal used in typesetting. ΚΠ 1958 Times 2 Dec. 5/6 A system of printing, which does not use conventional methods of typesetting with hot metal, is gaining ground. 1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print vii. 89 In the printer's world the photo-composing machine may have solved certain problems related to the expense and difficulty of setting in hot metal. 1998 A. Fadiman Ex Libris (2000) 121 I developed a taste for bindings assembled with thread rather then glue, type set in hot metal rather than by computer, and frontispieces protected by little sheets of tissue paper. 2002 P. Baines & A. Haslam Type & Typogr. iv. 79/1 Monotype's last typeface for hot metal, Barbou, was released in 1968. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1901
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