_Rounce._—The handle for running in and out the carriage of a hand-press. _Round pick._—A dot in a letter in a stereotype plate caused by an air-bubble. _Running title._—The title of the book or subject placed at the top of the pages. _Runs on sorts._— Requiring an inordinate proportion of particular letters. _Saw-block._—A box similar to a carpenter’s mitre-block, to guide in cutting furniture, &c. _Schedule._—A sheet of paper passed with the make-up, containing folios, on which the compositor marks his name opposite to the pages set by him. _Set off._—When sheets that are newly worked off soil those that come in contact with them, they are said to set off. _Shank._—The metal body upon which the face of a letter stands. _Sheep’s-foot._—An iron hammer with a claw-end. _Sheetwise._—When the pages of a sheet are imposed in two forms, which are backed in printing. _Shooting-stick._—A wedge-shaped instrument for locking up a form. _Short cross._—The short bar which, crossing the long bar, divides the chase into quarters. _Shoulder._—The surface of the shank of a type not covered by the letter. _Side sorts._—Types in the side and upper boxes of a case, consisting of letters not frequently used. _Side-sticks._—Sloping furniture on the outside of the pages next to the chase, where the quoins are inserted. _Signature._—A letter or a figure used at the bottom of the first page of a sheet, to direct the binder in placing the sheets in a volume. _Slice galley._—A galley with an upper movable bottom, called a slice, used for pages and jobs too large to be lifted by the fingers. _Slug._—A thick lead. Sometimes with a word or figure on top, used to denote the ownership of matter on galleys. _Slur._—A blurred impression in a printed sheet. _Solid pick._—A letter in a stereotype plate filled up with metal, resulting from an imperfect mould. _Sorts._—The letters in the several case-boxes are separately called sorts, in printers’ and founders’ language. _Space-rules._—Fine lines, cast type-high, and of even ems in length, for table and algebraical work. _Spaces._—Low blank types used to separate words. _Squabble._—A page or form is squabbled when the letters are twisted out of a square position. _Stand._—The frame on which the cases are placed. _Stem._—The vertical strokes of a type. _Stereotype printing._—Printing from stereotyped plates. _Stet._—Written opposite to a word in a proof, to signify that the word erroneously struck out shall remain. _Sub._—A compositor occasionally employed on a daily paper, to fill the place of an absentee. _Superior letters._—Letters of a small face, cast by the founder near the top of the line. _Table-work._—Matter consisting partly of rules and figures.