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Typesetter :: Typesetter (n.) One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type..

Fat :: Fat (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page..

Printer :: Printer (n.) One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman..

Compositor :: Compositor (n.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.

Out :: Out (n.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.

Alley :: Alley (n.) The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.

Frame :: Frame (n.) A stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.

Take :: Take (n.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type..

Compositor :: Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.

Copyholder :: Copyholder (n.) A device for holding copy for a compositor.

Nick :: Nick (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution..

Fat :: Fat (n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor..

Double :: Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred..

Typo :: Typo (n.) A compositor.

Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

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