unpied en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + pied.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of metal type: not mixed together or disordered.
I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]
1947, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Barking Clock: