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Definition of Flong
1. n. A compressed mass of paper sheets, forming a matrix or mold for stereotype plates.
Definition of Flong
1. Noun. A mould, especially one made from papier-mâché, used to create a stereotype. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) (simple past of fling) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flong
1. a sheet of a certain type of paper [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flong
Literary usage of Flong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1889)
"Beating the flong.—The forme having been properly planed level and ... Cut the
flong to the size of the page or pages, including the side and bottom clumps. ..."
2. Stereotyping, the Papier Mache Process by Charles Sumner Partridge (1892)
"THE flong. Stereotyping is the art of duplicating, in solid metal, ... This flong
is beaten into a page of type and dried, thus forming a matrix to receive ..."
3. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and by Alexander John Ellis (1871)
"... sprong tongue 8, wrong flong 45, flong song 60, strong dunge 83. 01. The rhymes
here are insufficient to convey much information, yet perhaps they ..."
4. Stereotyping: A Practical Treatise of All Known Methods of Stereotyping by Charles S. Partridge (1909)
"THE flong. STEREOTYPING is the art of duplicating, in solid metal, type or cuts
composed for printing. There are three methods of stereotyping: the Clay ..."
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