Composing rule


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(Print.) a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; - called also setting rule.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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