ting the edges of a book after the boards are
laced on.

_Cutting press_, when the lying press is turned, so that the side with
the runners is uppermost, it is called a cutting press (see Fig. 46).

_Diaper_, a term applied to a small repeating all-over pattern. From
woven material decorated in this way.

_Doublure_, the inside face of the boards, especially applied to them
when lined with leather and decorated.

_End papers_, papers added at the beginning and end of a book by the
binder.

_Extra binding_, a trade term for the best work.

_Finishing_, comprises lettering, tooling, and polishing, &c.

_Finishing press_, a small press used for holding books when they are
being tooled (see Fig. 84).

_Finishing stove_, used for heating finishing tools.

_Folder_, a flat piece of ivory or bone, like a paper knife, used in
folding sheets and in various other operations.

_Foredge_ (fore edge), the front edge of the leaves. Pronounced
"forrege."

_Forwarding_, comprises all the operations between sewing and
finishing, excepting headbanding.

_Gathering_, collecting one sheet from each pile in a printer's
warehouse to make up a volume.

_Glaire_, white of eggs beaten up, and used in finishing and edge
gilding.

_Half binding_, when the leather covers the back and only part of the
sides, a book is said to be half bound.

_Head band_, a fillet of silk or thread, worked at the head and tail
of the back.

_Head cap_, the fold of leather over the head band (see Fig. 67).

_Head and tail_, the top and bottom of a book.

_Imperfections_, sheets rejected by the binder and returned to the
printer to be replaced.

_India proofs_, strictly first proofs only of an illustration pulled
on "India paper," but used indiscriminately for all illustrations
printed on India paper.

_Inset_, the portion of a sheet cut off and inserted in folding
certain sizes, such as duodecimo, &c. (see Fig. 4).

_Inside margins_, the border made by the turn in of the leather on the
inside face of the boards (see Fig. 116).

_Joints_, (1) the groove formed in backing to receive the ends of the
mill-boards. (2) The part of the binding that bends when the boards
are opened. (3) Strips of leather or cloth used to strengthen the end
papers.

"_Kettle stitch_," catch stitch formed in sewing at the head and tail.

_Lacing in_, lacing the slips through holes in the boards to attach
them.

_Lying press_, the term applied to the under sid