_Bastard title._—A short title preceding the general title of a work. _Bastard type._—Type with a face larger or smaller than its regular body: as Nonpareil on Minion body, or Minion on Nonpareil body. _Batter._—Types accidentally injured in a form. _Beard of a letter._—The outer angles supporting the face of a type and extending to the shoulder. _Bearer._—A strip of reglet to bear off the impression from a blank page. A long piece of furniture, type-high, used in working jobs. A solid-faced type interspersed among the blank parts of 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 frisket not being sufficiently cut out. _Blanket._—A woollen cloth used in the tympan. _Blank-line._—A line of quadrates. _Blocks._—The mahogany forms on which stereotype plates are placed for printing. _Blocked up._—When the fount 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, &c. _Cancelled figures._—Figures cast with a line across the face. _Caret._—A character [^] used in proofreading to denote the place where omitted words 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.