Printing. [= line o’ type.] A machine for producing stereotyped lines or bars of words, etc., as a substitute for type-setting.
1888. [First used in] Specif. U.S. Patent, No. 393846, 4 Dec.
1889. Times (weekly ed.), 28 June, 20/1. The linotype … has been adopted in the offices of several American newspapers.
1899. Appleton’s Ann. Cycl., 623. In 1880 he [Mergenthaler] made a complete change of system, and adopted the plan that he brought to perfection in the linotype.
Hence Linotypist, one who uses a linotype.
1895. Daily News, 26 Nov., 10/5. Linotypist wants day work.
