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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



pression from a blank page. A long piece of 

 furniture, type-high, used in working jobs. A 

 solid-faced type interspersed among the blank 

 parts oi a page composed for stereotyping, to 

 resist the pressure of the knife when the plate 

 is shaved. 



Bearer-lines. The top line and bottom line 

 in a page prepared for stereotyping. 



Bed. The flat part of the press on which 

 the form is laid. 



Bevels. Slugs cast nearly type-high, with a 

 beveled edge, used by stereotypers to form the 

 flange on the side of the plates. 



Bite. An irregular white spot on the edge 

 or corner of a printed page, caused by the fris- 

 ket not being sufficiently cut out. 



Blanket. A Woolen cloth used in the tym- 

 pan. 



Blank-line. A line of quadrates. 



Blocks. The mahogany forms on which 

 stereotype plates are placed for printing. 



Blocked up. When the font of type is all 

 set, and none is available for present use. 



Bodkin. A delicate awl-like tool used for 

 correcting errors in type. 



Body. The shank of the letter. 



Botch. A bungling, incompetent workman. 



Bottled. Type wider at the bottom than at 

 the top. 



Boxes. The compartments of a case in 

 which the types are placed. 



Brayer. A wooden or glass rubber, flat at 

 the bottom, used to bray or spread out ink on 

 the ink-block. 



Break-line. A short line. 



Broad-side. A form of one page, printed on 

 one side of a whole sheet of paper. 



Broken matter. Pages of type disrupted and 

 somewhat intermingled. 



Bundle. Two reams of paper. 



Bur. Rough edge of a type which the 

 founder neglected to take off in dressing. 



Cabinet. A receptacle for cases, chases, 

 leads, etc. 



Canceled figures. Figures cast with lines 

 across the face. 



Caret. A character [A] used in proof read- 

 ing to denote the place where omitted words 

 or letters should be inserted. 



Case. The receptacle for type, divided into 

 numerous compartments. 



Cassie 'paper. Formerly, the two outside 

 quires of a ream, consisting of defective sheets. 



Casting off. Estimating how many pages a 

 certain quantity of copy will make in type. 



Cattie. Imperfect or smutty look of a 

 printed sheet caused by an oily or unclean 

 roller. 



Ceriphs. The lines or cross-strokes at the 

 ends of the stem of a letter. 



Chapel. A printing office. 



Chapel laws. Rules of a printing office. 



Chase. A rectangular iron frame in which 

 pages of type are imposed. 



Circular quadrates. Blank types 'curved on 

 one side. 



Clean proof. A proof containing few faults. 



Clearing away. Properly disposing of ma- 

 terials after a work has been completed. 



Clicker. The chief of a companionship. 



Close matter. Solid matter with few break 

 lines. 



Companionship. All the hands employed on 

 a work. 



Composing. Setting type. 



C'omposing rule. A steel or brass rule, with 

 a beak at one end, used in type setting. 



Composing stick. An instrument in which 

 types are arranged in words and lines. 



Corner quadrates. A quarter section of a 

 hollow square or rectangle. 



Correct. A compositor is said to correct 

 when he amends the faults marked in a proof. 



Corrections. The alterations or errors marked 

 in a proof. 



Cut-in letter. A type of large size adjusted 

 at the beginning of the first paragraph of a 

 chapter. 



Cut-in note. A note justified into the side 

 of a page. 



Dead horse. Matter charged and paid for 

 before it is set. 



Dele, 8 A proofreader's mark, signifying 

 to take out. 



Descending letters. Letters that go down 

 into the lower shoulder of the body ; as, g, j, 



p> q. y- 



Devil. The errand boy of a printing office. 



Dished. A defect in electrotype plates, the 

 center of a letter being lower than its edges. 



Distributing. Returning types to their vari- 

 ous boxes after having been printed from. 

 Spreading ink evenly over the surface of a 

 roller. 



Double. Among compositors, repetition of 

 words ; among pressmen, a sheet that is twice 

 pulled and mackled. 



Dressing a chase or form. Fitting the pages 

 and chase with furniture and quoins. 



Drive out. To space widely. 



Duck's-bill. A tongue cut in a piece of 

 stout paper and pasted on the tympan at the 

 bottom of the tympan-sheet, to support the 

 paper when laid on the tympan. 



Duodecimo or 12mo. Twelve pages to a 

 form. 



Em. The square of the body of a type. 



En. Half the dimensions of the preceding. 



Even page. The 2d, 4th, 6th, or any even- 

 numbered page of a book. 



