Chapter I: Jaws. See § 15. ¶ 6
_Imperfections of Books._ See § 25. ¶ 3.
_Imperfections of Letters._ When the _Founder_ has not _Cast_ a proportionable number of each sort of _Letter_, the wanting _Letters_ are called _Imperfections_, as making the rest of the _Fount_ unperfect. See _Sorts_.
_Impose._ See § 22. ¶ 7.
_Impression holds out._ See _Holds out_.
_In-Page._ See _Out-Page_.
_Insertion._ If the _Compositer_ have left out Words or _Lines_, the _Corrector_ inserts it, and makes this mark ʌ where it is _Left out_, which is called the mark for _Insertion_. See § 23.
_Joynt flat Gage._ See § 14. ¶ 4.
_Joynts._ See § 10. ¶ 9.
_Inner Tympan._ See § 11. ¶ 10.
_Italick Gage._ See § 12. ¶ 6.
_Justifie a Matrice._ See § 17. ¶ 2.
_Justifie a Mold._ See § 16.
_Justifie a Stick_, viz. a _Composing-stick_. See § 22. ¶ 4.
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_Keep in_, is a caution either given to, or resolved on, by the _Compositer_, when there may be doubt of _Driving out_ his _Matter_ beyond his _Counting off_, wherefore he _Sets close_, to _Keep in_.
_Keep out_, is a caution either given to or resolved on, by the _Compositer_, when there may be doubt of _Getting in_ his _Matter_ too fast for his _Counting off_: Wherefore he _Sets Wide_, to _Drive_ or _Keep out_.
_Kern._ See § 19. ¶ 5.
_Kerning-Knife._ See § 19. ¶ 5.
_Kerning-stick._ See § 19. ¶ 5.
_Knife backt Sculptor_, is a Sculptor with a thin edge on its back.
_Knife-file._ A file with a thin edge.
_Knock up Balls._ See § 24. ¶ 10.
_Knock up Books._ See § 25. ¶ 3.
_Knock up a Letter._ It sometimes happens with old _Letter_, that a _Letter_ may be worn so low that it will not Print well in a _Page_: The Workman then takes that _Letter_ out of the _Form_, and holds the _Shank_ of it upon the side of the _Chase_, and with the _Head_ of the _Shooting-stick_ beats lightly upon the _Foot_ of the _Shank_, till he have battered _Mettle_ enough out of the _Shank_, to raise it higher against Paper: If it prove too high against Paper, he Rubs the bottom of the _Shank_ upon the side of the _Chase_ to rub it down: This Operation seldom happens, unless another of the same sort of _Letter_ is wanting, and hard to come by: For else the _Compositer_ will bow the _Letter_, and pop it into a Waste _Box_ in his _Case_, where he puts all naughty _Letters_, that he may not be troubled with them another time.
_Knot._ See § 20. ¶ 3.
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Moxon's Mechanick exercises, volume 2 (of 2)Chapter I: Jaws. See § 15. ¶ 6
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