_Passing the make-up._—Passing to the next hand in order the lines remaining (if any) after a compositor has made up his matter, together with the gauge and proper folio. _Peel._—A broad, thin board with a long handle. _Perfecting._—Printing the second form of a sheet. _Perforating rule._—Brass or steel rule, somewhat higher than type. _Pi._—Type promiscuously intermingled. _Pick._—A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face and occasioning a spot. _Pigs._—An ancient nickname given in derision by compositors to pressmen. The press-room was called a pigsty. _Planer._—A smooth block of wood used for levelling the surface of pages of type when imposed. _Planing down._—To bring down types evenly on their feet, by laying a planer on the page and striking it firmly with a mallet. _Platen._—The part of a printing-press which, acted upon by the lever, gives the impression to a sheet. _Point-holes._—Fine holes made by the points to register the second impression by _Points._—Two thin pieces of steel with a point at one end, adjusted to the tympan with screws, to make register. _Quadrate._—A low square blank type, used to indent the first line of a paragraph, and to fill up blank spaces. _Quarters._—Octavos and twelves are said to be imposed in quarters, not from their equal divisions, but because they are imposed and locked up in four parts. _Quarto_, or _4to._—Four pages to a form. _Quire._—Twenty-four sheets of paper. _Quoins._—Small wedges for locking up a form. _Quotation furniture._—Quotations cast of various sizes in length and width, used for blanking and as furniture. _Quotations._—Large hollowed quadrates. _Rack._—Receptacle for cases. _Ratchet._—An instrument for turning the screws of stereotype blocks. _Ratting._—Working at less than the established prices. _Ream._—Twenty quires of paper. _Recto._—Right-hand page. _References._—Letters or characters serving to direct the reader’s attention to notes at the foot of a page. _Register._—To cause the pages in a sheet to print precisely back to back. _Register sheet._—The sheet used to make register. _Reglet._—Thin furniture, of an equal thickness all its length. It is made to match the depth of type. _Reiteration._—The form printed on the second side. _Revise._—The last proof of a form before working it off. _Riding._—One colour falling on another. Type at the end of a line catching against a lead. _Rise._—A form is said to rise when, in raising it from the correcting stone, no letters drop out. _Roller._—A wooden cylinder covered with composition, which, set in an iron frame, revolves upon a rod, and is used for inking type.