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Chapter I: Jaws. See § 15. ¶ 6

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_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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