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lin⋅o⋅type

[lahy-nuh-tahyp]
–verb, -typed, -typ⋅ing. Printing.
to typeset on a Linotype machine.

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lin⋅o⋅typ⋅er, lin⋅o⋅typ⋅ist, noun

Lin⋅o⋅type

[lahy-nuh-tahyp]
Trademark. a brand of typesetting machine that casts solid lines of type from brass dies, or matrices, selected automatically by actuating a keyboard.
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Li·no·type   (lī'nə-tīp')   
A trademark used for a machine that sets type on a metal slug, operated by a keyboard.
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Word Origin & History

Linotype 
1888, Amer.Eng., trademark name, from line o' type, for a composing machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-99), popular in newspaper publication early 20c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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