unpied

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ pied.

Adjective

unpied (not comparable)

  1. (letterpress typography) Of metal type: not mixed together or disordered.
    • 1947, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Barking Clock:
      I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready []

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