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PRINTING DICTIONARY: CONTENTS
This list contains only full articles. Cross references aren't included.
| pg | article | |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | abbreviations |
| 5 | accented letters | |
| 6 | acts of parliament | |
| advertisements | ||
| 7 | algebraic characters | |
| 8 | alphabet | |
| 9 | alternation of margin | |
| ancient customs | ||
| 13 | antepenultimate | |
| apostrophe | ||
| Arabic | ||
| 23 | Armenian | |
| 24 | ascending letters | |
| ass | ||
| asterisk | ||
| 25 | astronomical characters | |
| author's proof | ||
| B | back boxes | |
| back of a composing stick | ||
| backs | ||
| backside of the form | ||
| back stay | ||
| 26 | bad copy | |
| bad work | ||
| bake | ||
| ball knife | ||
| ball leathers | ||
| ball linings | ||
| ball nails | ||
| ball neck | ||
| 27 | ball rack | |
| balls | ||
| 29 | ball stocks | |
| bank | ||
| bank notes | ||
| 30 | bankrupts | |
| 31 | basket | |
| batter | ||
| beard of a letter | ||
| bearer | ||
| 32 | beat | |
| beat fat | ||
| beat lean | ||
| bed | ||
| 32 | Bengalese | |
| 38 | benvenue | |
| 39 | bible orthography | |
| 49 | bill | |
| 52 | binding | |
| bite | ||
| black letter | ||
| 53 | blankets | |
| blank pages | ||
| blasphemy | ||
| 56 | blocked-up | |
| board rack | ||
| 57 | bodkin | |
| body | ||
| body of the work | ||
| bolster | ||
| bolts | ||
| book house | ||
| book press | ||
| books | ||
| 59 | booking | |
| botanical authorities | ||
| 82 | botany | |
| 88 | botch | |
| bottle arsed | ||
| bottom line | ||
| bottom notes | ||
| bourgeois | ||
| bowl | ||
| bowl of the ball stock | ||
| bow the letter | ||
| bowyer | ||
| 89 | box | |
| boxwood | ||
| 90 | brace | |
| branching-out | ||
| brass rules | ||
| 91 | brayer | |
| bread, sale of | ||
| 92 | break | |
| brevier | ||
| bring-up | ||
| broad | ||
| broadside | ||
| broken letter | ||
| 93 | broken matter | |
| broken neck | ||
| bulk | ||
| bullet | ||
| bundle | ||
| button of the tympan | ||
| C | cancel | |
| canon | ||
| 94 | cap | |
| capitals | ||
| capping balls | ||
| capping a man | ||
| card | ||
| 95 | cards | |
| card wool | ||
| caret | ||
| carriage | ||
| case | ||
| 103 | case is full | |
| case is low | ||
| case rack | ||
| case runs over | ||
| case stands still | ||
| cassie paper | ||
| casting up | ||
| 162 | cast off copy | |
| catch of the bar | ||
| catch line | ||
| catch word | ||
| 163 | catechisms | |
| cater corner | ||
| ceriph | ||
| certificate | ||
| 164 | chaldee | |
| chapel | ||
| 168 | chapel laws | |
| charge | ||
| chase | ||
| 169 | cheeks | |
| cheek the bar | ||
| choke | ||
| claw | ||
| clean proof | ||
| 170 | clean sheets | |
| clearing away | ||
| 171 | clearing pie | |
| clearing stone | ||
| clicker | ||
| close matter | ||
| close spacing | ||
| clymer's press | ||
| 173 | cock-up letter | |
| coffin | ||
| cogger's press | ||
| collate | ||
| 174 | colours | |
| comb wool | ||
| come down | ||
| come down the form | ||
| 175 | comes off | |
| common prayer | ||
| companion | ||
| companionship | ||
| 177 | composing | |
| 181 | composing rule | |
| composing stick | ||
| compositor | ||
| compositor's book | ||
| 183 | condition | |
| confession of faith | ||
| contractions | ||
| cope's press | ||
| Coptic | ||
| 187 | copy | |
| 188 | copy money | |
| cording quires | ||
| corner irons | ||
| correct | ||
| correcting | ||
| 192 | correcting stone | |
| corrections | ||
| corrector | ||
| cramped | ||
| cramp irons | ||
| cross | ||
| crotchets | ||
| cull paper | ||
| currying iron | ||
| currying the pelt | ||
| curvilinear printing | ||
| 193 | cut-in notes | |
| cutting the frisket | ||
| D | Danish | |
| 196 | dele | |
| delivering books | ||
| devil | ||
| 197 | diamond | |
| diple | ||
| direction | ||
| direction line | ||
| distribute | ||
| dividing | ||
| 201 | divisorium | |
| domesday book | ||
| 205 | donations | |
| 207 | dotted quadrats | |
| double | ||
| double dagger | ||
| double letters | ||
| double narrow | ||
| 208 | double pica | |
| draw | ||
| drawn sheets | ||
| dress a chase | ||
| dressing block | ||
| dripping pan | ||
| drive out | ||
| dropping out | ||
| 209 | dublin | |
| duck's bill | ||
| duodecimo | ||
| E | ear of the frisket | |
| easy pull | ||
| easy work | ||
| 210 | edinburgh | |
| eighteenmo | ||
| emerald | ||
| empty case | ||
| empty press | ||
| English | ||
| engravings on wood | ||
| 215 | errata | |
| Ethiopic | ||
| 218 | Etruscan | |
| 220 | even lines | |
| even page | ||
| exercising the pelt | ||
| F | 221 | fac |
| 222 | face of a letter | |
| face of a page | ||
| alling out | ||
| fanning | ||
| fat | ||
| fat face | ||
| feet of a press | ||
| felt | ||
| fine presswork | ||
| 229 | fire eater | |
| first | ||
| first form | ||
| 230 | first page | |
| first proof | ||
| first pull | ||
| flaring balls | ||
| flaring a form | ||
| flowers | ||
| 231 | fly | |
| flying frisket | ||
| folding | ||
| folio | ||
| follow | ||
| 232 | foot of the letter | |
| foot of a page | ||
| footstep | ||
| footstick | ||
| fore edge | ||
| forestay | ||
| forgery | ||
| 236 | form | |
| form dances | ||
| form lifts | ||
| form in the sink | ||
| formulæ, chemical | ||
| 244 | forty-eightmo | |
| fortymo | ||
| foul proof | ||
| foul stone | ||
| fount | ||
| fount cases | ||
| 245 | fractions | |
| fragments | ||
| frame | ||
| 246 | french rules | |
| friar | ||
| frisket | ||
| frisket button | ||
| 247 | frisket joints | |
| frisket pins | ||
| frisket stay | ||
| froze out | ||
| fry, edmund | ||
| fudge | ||
| full case | ||
| full faced letter | ||
| 248 | full form | |
| full page | ||
| full press | ||
| furniture | ||
| G | Gaelic | |
| galley | ||
| 249 | gallows | |
| gallows sockets | ||
| galvanism | ||
| 262 | garter | |
| gather books | ||
| gathering | ||
| 263 | gathering table | |
| gauge | ||
| 264 | geometrical characters | |
| 265 | German | |
| 267 | get in | |
| girths | ||
| 268 | giving out paper | |
| 295 | good colour | |
| good copy | ||
| good of the chapel | ||
| good work | ||
| gothic, ancient | ||
| 296 | go up the form | |
| governor | ||
| great numbers | ||
| great primer | ||
| 297 | Greek | |
| 307 | grooves | |
| gull | ||
| gutter | ||
| 308 | gypsum | |
| H | half a press | |
| half work | ||
| hang up paper | ||
| 309 | hang the platen | |
| hard impression | ||
| hard ink | ||
| hard justifying | ||
| hard pull | ||
| hard work | ||
| 310 | head | |
| head band | ||
| head bolts | ||
| head line | ||
| head of a page | ||
| head page | ||
| head pieces | ||
| head stick | ||
| heap | ||
| heap hold out | ||
| 311 | Hebrew | |
| 321 | heraldry | |
| hind posts and rails | ||
| holds out | ||
| hole | ||
| home | ||
| hook-in | ||
| 322 | horse | |
| horse flesh | ||
| horse races | ||
| hose | ||
| 323 | hose hooks | |
| hours | ||
| hydraulic press | ||
| 327 | hyphen | |
| I | identigraphy | |
| imperfections | ||
| imperfect paper | ||
| imposing | ||
| 410 | imposing stone | |
| impression sheet | ||
| 411 | imprint | |
| 416 | indentures | |
| index | ||
| india paper | ||
| ink | ||
| 419 | ink block | |
| inking apparatus | ||
| 422 | inner form | |
| inner tympan | ||
| insertion | ||
| inset | ||
| inside quires | ||
| insolvent debtors | ||
| 423 | Irish | |
| 428 | its own paper | |
| J | job | |
| job house | ||
| join | ||
| joints | ||
| justifying | ||
| 429 | justify the pull | |
| justify a stick | ||
| K | keep in | |
| keep out | ||
| kern | ||
| key | ||
| knock up | ||
| knock up balls | ||
| 430 | knock up a letter | |
| koofee | ||
| L | Latin | |
| law authorities | ||
| 438 | lay down | |
| lay letter | ||
| 439 | lay on | |
| lay in sheets | ||
| lay out sheets | ||
| lay-up | ||
| leaders | ||
| leads | ||
| 440 | lean face | |
| lectures | ||
| letter board | ||
| 441 | letter brush | |
| letter founders | ||
| 442 | letter hangs | |
| libels | ||
| 444 | lift | |
| ligatures | ||
| 445 | literal errors | |
| literary property | ||
| locking up | ||
| logotype | ||
| long cross | ||
| long primer | ||
| 446 | loose justifying | |
| lotteries | ||
| low case | ||
| lower case | ||
| lug | ||
| lye | ||
| 448 | lye brush | |
| lye trough | ||
| M | machines | |
| 467 | macule | |
| make | ||
| making ready | ||
| 469 | making register | |
| make up | ||
| 470 | Malay | |
| 472 | mallet | |
| margin | ||
| 478 | marginal notes | |
| mathematical combinations | ||
| 481 | matter | |
| measure | ||
| medhurst's press | ||
| medical contractions | ||
| 484 | metal | |
| 486 | metal rules | |
| minion | ||
| monk | ||
| 487 | music | |
| N | 491 | naked form |
| names, ancient | ||
| 502 | narrow | |
| natural history | ||
| 503 | nautical almanack | |
| near cheek | ||
| neck of a letter | ||
| news house | ||
| newspapers | ||
| 543 | nick | |
| 544 | nonpareil | |
| northern languages | ||
| notes | ||
| numerals | ||
| 547 | nut bolts | |
| O | obelisk | |
| octavo | ||
| 548 | odd page | |
| off | ||
| off cheek | ||
| offcut | ||
| oil | ||
| open matter | ||
| open the form | ||
| opisthographic | ||
| organic remains | ||
| oriental languages | ||
| orthography | ||
| 552 | out | |
| outer form | ||
| out of copy | ||
| out of letter | ||
| out of register | ||
| 553 | out-page | |
| outside quires | ||
| overlays | ||
| overrun | ||
| overseer | ||
| P | page cord | |
| page paper | ||
| 554 | pale colour | |
| pamphlet | ||
| pamphlets | ||
| 557 | paper | |
| 577 | paper board | |
| paper the case | ||
| paper up letter | ||
| 578 | paper stool | |
| paragon | ||
| paragraph | ||
| paragraphs | ||
| parallel | ||
| parchment | ||
| parliamentary papers | ||
| 579 | paste bowl | |
| pearl | ||
| peel | ||
| 580 | pelt pot | |
| pelts | ||
| 581 | penultimate | |
| perfecting | ||
| perfect paper | ||
| permits | ||
| 582 | Persian | |
| 586 | phrases | |
| 590 | pica | |
| pick brush | ||
| picker | ||
| picks | ||
| pie | ||
| pig | ||
| pigeon holes | ||
| pile of books | ||
| 591 | pile of paper | |
| pile of printed paper | ||
| mr. pitt's mark | ||
| plane down | ||
| planer | ||
| 592 | planets | |
| plank | ||
| platen | ||
| platen hooks | ||
| platen pan | ||
| platen plate | ||
| plate paper | ||
| 593 | plural | |
| points | ||
| point holes | ||
| pointing | ||
| points | ||
| point screws | ||
| poles | ||
| polling backward | ||
| 594 | Polonaise | |
| 595 | poor laws amendment | |
| Portuguese | ||
| post horses | ||
| pre-antepenultimate | ||
| press | ||
| 597 | press bar | |
| press boards | ||
| press goes | ||
| pressman | ||
| press pin | ||
| press proof | ||
| press stands still | ||
| press stone | ||
| presswork | ||
| 598 | price of pages | |
| 644 | printing | |
| 655 | printing ink | |
| proof | ||
| proof paper | ||
| proof press | ||
| 656 | psalm books | |
| public meetings on the lord's day | ||
| publications, periodical | ||
| 661 | pull | |
| pull a proof | ||
| 662 | punctuation | |
| Q | 670 | quadrats |
| quarter | ||
| quarters | ||
| quarto | ||
| qui | ||
| quire | ||
| quoin-drawer | ||
| quoin a form | ||
| quoins | ||
| 671 | quotation | |
| quotation quadrats | ||
| R | racks | |
| rag | ||
| ranks | ||
| rat | ||
| reader | ||
| 673 | ream | |
| records | ||
| 700 | references | |
| 701 | register | |
| register sheet | ||
| reglet | ||
| reiteration | ||
| revise | ||
| ribs | ||
| 702 | rides | |
| rinse the form | ||
| rinsing trough | ||
| rise | ||
| risers | ||
| 705 | roll up ball leathers | |
| roller | ||
| 711 | rose engine | |
| 714 | rounce | |
| rub out ink | ||
| ruby | ||
| ruck | ||
| rules and regulations | ||
| 716 | run in the carriage | |
| run out | ||
| Runic | ||
| 717 | runs on sorts | |
| Russian | ||
| 719 | ruthven's press | |
| S | 720 | Samaritan |
| 722 | Sanskrita | |
| 730 | saw | |
| saw block | ||
| Saxon | ||
| 736 | scale of prices | |
| 750 | scaleboard | |
| 751 | Sclavonian | |
| script | ||
| 754 | section | |
| servien | ||
| set at random | ||
| set matter | ||
| set-off sheets | ||
| set out paper | ||
| sets off | ||
| 755 | set the rounce | |
| sets up to himself | ||
| set up close | ||
| seventy-twomo | ||
| shank | ||
| sharp impression | ||
| shears | ||
| sheep's foot | ||
| 756 | sherwin and cope's press | |
| 757 | shoe | |
| shooting stick | ||
| 758 | short cross | |
| short page | ||
| short pull | ||
| shuffling | ||
| side stick | ||
| sigla | ||
| 760 | signature | |
| 774 | sixteenmo | |
| sixty-fourmo | ||
| slice | ||
| slips | ||
| slur | ||
| 775 | slur pin | |
| small capitals | ||
| small numbers | ||
| 776 | small pica | |
| smout | ||
| soft ink | ||
| solid matter | ||
| sop the balls | ||
| sorts | ||
| 777 | soundings | |
| space lines | ||
| space rules | ||
| spacing | ||
| Spanish | ||
| spanish | ||
| specimen page | ||
| 778 | spindle | |
| spirit | ||
| spit | ||
| sponge | ||
| spottiswoode press | ||
| spring of a form | ||
| 779 | spur | |
| squabble | ||
| stack of paper | ||
| stage | ||
| staining of paper | ||
| stamps | ||
| stand still | ||
| stanhope press | ||
| 783 | stem | |
| stereotype | ||
| 784 | stet | |
| stick | ||
| stickfull | ||
| stolen property | ||
| strip a form | ||
| strokes | ||
| strong ink | ||
| stud | ||
| 785 | summer | |
| superiors | ||
| swash letters | ||
| 786 | Swedish | |
| 787 | sweepings | |
| Syriac | ||
| T | table work | |
| tabular | ||
| tail pieces | ||
| take ink | ||
| taking down | ||
| take-off | ||
| take up | ||
| take up a sheet | ||
| taking copy | ||
| taking off | ||
| 792 | Tamul | |
| 796 | taylor and martineau's press | |
| tase wool | ||
| testament | ||
| theft | ||
| thick space | ||
| thin space | ||
| thiry-sixmo | ||
| thirty-twomo | ||
| throw | ||
| tightening the quoins | ||
| till | ||
| 797 | tithes commutation | |
| toe of the spindle | ||
| token | ||
| token sheet | ||
| tops | ||
| trafalgar | ||
| transpose | ||
| transposition of pages | ||
| treading pelt | ||
| 798 | turn for a letter | |
| twenty-fourmo | ||
| twentymo | ||
| two line double pica | ||
| two line english | ||
| two line great primer | ||
| two line letters | ||
| two line pica | ||
| tympan | ||
| 800 | tympan cloth | |
| tympan hooks | ||
| tympan joints | ||
| 801 | tympan sheet | |
| types | ||
| U | ultimate | |
| underhand | ||
| underlays | ||
| uneven page | ||
| unlock the form | ||
| upper hand | ||
| V | vantage | |
| varnish | ||
| vesper | ||
| 809 | visorum | |
| W | wash | |
| wash the form | ||
| waste | ||
| wayz goose | ||
| weak ink | ||
| weights and measures | ||
| Welsh | ||
| 812 | well | |
| wetting paper | ||
| 813 | wheel | |
| white line | ||
| white page | ||
| white paper | ||
| white paper register | ||
| wide spacing | ||
| winter | ||
| wooden ribs | ||
| 814 | wool cards | |
| wool hole | ||
| worked | ||
| work with a figure | ||
| -- | 815 | scandinavian press |