typograph en · NOUN
Etymology
From type + -o- + -graph.
Meanings
- (historical) A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| typographs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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typograph en · VERB
Etymology
From type + -o- + -graph.
Meanings
-
To prepare type in such a machine.
It is the merest chance in the world whether you’re born a countess or a washerwoman. I’m neither one nor t’other; I’m only a mot who does a little typographing by way of variety.
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| typographing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| typographed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| typographed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| typographs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |