Stereotyping. [anglicized pronunciation of Fr. flan: see FLAWN.] (See quots.)
1880. Printing Times, 15 Feb., 30/1. The flong is really the substance made of several thicknesses of paper fastened together by the paste.
1888. Jacobi, Printer’s Vocab., Flong.—The prepared paper used for making the moulds for casting stereo by the paper process.
