unpied

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ pied.

Adjective

unpied (not comparable)

1. (letterpress typography) Of metal type: not mixed together or disordered.
   • 1947, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Barking Clock:

     I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]

Anagrams

• uniped