Dictionary

linotype en · NOUN

Etymology

Genericized trademark; presumably from line + -o- + type.

Meanings

1. A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
   • His days were spent at his linotype, where he refreshed himself occasionally from an ever-present gallon jug of cherry wine. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 15, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
2. The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.

Forms

Deriveds

linotypist · linotyper

Translations (4)

fi linotyyppi (a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once) · tl hantikan (a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once) · fi linotyyppikone (a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once) · yi לינאָטיפּ (a form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once)

linotype en · VERB

Etymology

Genericized trademark; presumably from line + -o- + type.

Meanings

1. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.

Forms