Usually means: Tool for assembling typeset text.
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  1. composing stick: Merriam-Webster
  2. composing stick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. composing stick: Collins English Dictionary
  4. composing-stick, composing stick: Wordnik
  5. composing stick: Wiktionary
  6. composing stick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. composing stick: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Composing stick, composing stick: Dictionary.com
  9. Composing stick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. composing-stick: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. composing stick: FreeDictionary.org
  12. composing stick: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (composing stick)

▸ noun:  A device used in printing with movable type to hold the type as it is being selected.

Similar:
stick, composing rule, stickful, foot stick, copyholder, composing frame, bin stick, inkstick, pica stick, lockup, more...

Opposite:
distributing stick, composing stone, composing table

Types:
pencil, pen, marker, crayon, chalk, charcoal, more...

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Similar:
stick, composing rule, stickful, foot stick, copyholder, composing frame, bin stick, inkstick, pica stick, lockup, more...

Opposite:
distributing stick, composing stone, composing table

Types:
pencil, pen, marker, crayon, chalk, charcoal, more...



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