type slug
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type slug — noun a strip of type metal used for spacing • Syn: ↑slug • Hypernyms: ↑type metal … Useful english dictionary
type metal — noun an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type • Hypernyms: ↑alloy, ↑metal • Hyponyms: ↑type slug, ↑slug … Useful english dictionary
Slug (disambiguation) — Slugs are gastropod mollusks without shells or with very small internal shells.Slug may also refer to: * Slug (mass), an English unit of mass * Slug test, a particular type of aquifer test * Slug (production), a short name given to products that… … Wikipedia
slug — slug1 [slug] n. [ME slugge, slow, clumsy person or thing < Scand, as in Swed dial. slogga, to be sluggish < IE base * (s)leu , to hang loosely, lax > SLUDGE] 1. any of a large number of small, gastropod mollusks, esp. the ones resembling … English World dictionary
Slug — Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slug caterpillar — Slug Slug, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Type casting (typography) — Type casting is a technique for casting the individual letters known as sorts used in hot metal typesetting by pouring molten metal into bronze moulds called matrices.Although using matrices was a technique known well before his time, Johann… … Wikipedia
slug — slug1 sluglike, adj. /slug/, n., v., slugged, slugging. n. 1. any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops. 2. a nudibranch. 3. a metal disk used as… … Universalium
slug — I [[t]slʌg[/t]] n. v. slugged, slug•ging 1) ivt any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropod mollusks having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants, and often a pest of leafy garden crops 2) a metal disk used as a coin or token,… … From formal English to slang
slug — I. /slʌg / (say slug) noun 1. any of various slimy, elongated terrestrial gastropods related to the terrestrial snails, but having no shell or only a rudimentary one. 2. a slow moving animal, vehicle, or the like. 3. any heavy piece of crude… …
Slug test — A slug test is a particular type of aquifer test where water is quickly added or removed from a groundwater well, and the change in hydraulic head is monitored through time, to determine the near well aquifer characteristics. It is a method used… … Wikipedia
