stickful

/stik-fool/US // ˈstɪkˌfʊl //

粘稠的,坚固的,粘稠,粘性强的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural stick·fuls.Printing.
- : as much set type as a composing stick will hold, usually about two column inches.

The reporter presents himself at the city desk, tells what he has got, and is told by the city editor, “Write a stickful.”
Nort walked over to the stone, took up a stickful of type, and began to distribute it in the cases.
Stickful after stickful was arranged, until a page of type lay there.
All that was worthy of preservation remained in what the printer calls a "stickful."
Not a soul about the place, no copy, not a stickful of live matter on the galleys!