: a tray with an adjustable slide that a compositor holds in one hand and sets type into with the other
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Examples of composing stick in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebTypesetters were highly skilled workers who set by hand each individual letter of type upside-down and backwards on a composing stick, then placed them on the press.—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2021
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