Illustration of composing stick
composing stick
noun
: a tray with an adjustable slide that a compositor holds in one hand and sets type into with the other
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Typesetters were highly skilled workers who set by hand each individual letter of type upside-down and backwards on a composing stick, then placed them on the press. 
Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021
Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021 Word History
First Known Use
1659, in the meaning defined above
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- solderers
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- soldering nipple
- soldering pot
- solderings
- solderless
- solders
- soldi
- soldier
- soldier ant
- soldier beetle
- soldier bug
- soldier course
- soldier crab
- soldier fly
- soldier of fortune
- soldier on
- soldier prawn
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- soldier turtle