_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 materials 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. _Composing-rule._—A steel or brass rule, with a beak at one end, used in typesetting. _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, ₰._—A proof-reader’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 electrotyped plates, the centre of a letter being lower than its edges. _Distributing._—Returning types to their various 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. _Fat._—Poetry and leaded matter. _Fat face_, or _Fat letter_.—Broad stemmed letter. _Father of the chapel._—President or chairman of a composing-room or press-room chosen by the hands. _Feed guide._—An implement attached to a press to aid in correct feeding. _Feeding._—Supplying the press with sheets. _First form._—The form first printed, which generally contains the first page of a sheet. _Fly._—The person or apparatus that takes off the sheets from the press. _Folio._—Two pages to a form. _Foot-sticks._—Sloping pieces of furniture placed at the bottom of pages, between which and the chase the quoins are driven to fasten the pages.