[f. STICK sb.1 + -FUL.] As much type as a composing-stick will hold.
1683. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., Printing, xxii. 224. Therefore he Justifies his Stick-full just to the breadth of the Wooden Letter with Quadrats or Quotations.
1831. Rhode-Island Republican, 6 Sept., 4/4. The compositor will not set up another stickful, until he is paid down for the last.
1888. Encycl. Brit., XXIII. 700/2. Stickful after stickful of type is placed on the galley.
