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• Composing — Com*pos ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. [1913 Webster] {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip of brass… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Composing — may refer to: Composition (language), in literature, oratory, and rhetoric, producing a work of spoken tradition or written literature Writing process, producing a written work Dance composition, the practice and teaching of choreography and the… …   Wikipedia

• Composing — Compose Com*pose (k[o^]m*p[=o]z ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Composed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Composing}.] [F. composer; com + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To form by putting together …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Composing frame — Composing Com*pos ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. [1913 Webster] {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Composing rule — Composing Com*pos ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. [1913 Webster] {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Composing stick — Composing Com*pos ing, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. [1913 Webster] {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• composing room — n. a room in which typesetting is done …   English World dictionary

• composing stick — n. a hand held adjustable metal tray in which a compositor sets type into words …   English World dictionary

• Composing stick — A composing stick loaded with metal movable type, lying on a lower case with larger boxes for more common minuscule letters: the upper case holds capital letters. In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is an instrument used to …   Wikipedia

• composing rule — noun : a thin strip of steel or brass usually type high and having an ear at each upper corner against which type is set in and removed from a composing stick * * * composing rule, a thin piece of brass or steel fitted to the composing stick, on… …   Useful english dictionary

• composing room — noun : the department in a printing office where typesetting and related operations are performed * * * a room in which compositors work in a printing establishment. [1730 40] * * * composing room noun A room in a printing works in which type is… …   Useful english dictionary