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Chapter C: Cannon. See § 2. ¶ 2

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_Card._ When several _Bodies_ of _Letter_ are _Set_ in a _Page_, _Compositers_ to _Justifie_ that _Page_ to an exact Length, put a _Card_ to some _White-line_, or other _Break_ and Lengthen out the _Page_ the thickness of a _Card_. And _Press-men_ also use a _Card_ for an underlay. See § 22. ¶ 4. &c. § 24. ¶ 7.

_Cards._ About a Quire of Paper, which _Press-men_ use to _Pull_ down the Spring or rising of a _Form_, which it is many times subject to by hard _Locking-up_. See § 24. ¶ 4.

_Carriage_, is a part of the _Press_. For which See § 10. ¶ 9. It is also a part of the _Letter-Mold_: For which See § 15. ¶ 3.

_Case._ See § 3.

_Case lies._ See § 22. ¶ 1.

_Case is full_, viz. a _Case_ full of _Letter_, wanting no Sorts.

_Case is Low._ When a _Case_ grows empty, _Compositers_ say the _Case is Low_.

_Case Stands still._ When the _Compositer_ is not at Work at his _Case_, it is said, _The Case stands still_.

_Cassie Paper._ See § 25. ¶ 5.

_Cast_, is to _Cast Letter_. See § 19. ¶ 1.

_Cast off Copy._ See § 22. ¶ 9.

_Catch of the Bar._ See § 11. ¶ 11.

_Chappel._ See Customs.

{ _Paper_ with great _Pages_.
_Charge_, is to fill { a _Page_ with long and many _Lines_.
{ a _Line_ with many _Letters_.
{ a _Pot_ with Stubs and _Antimony_.

_Chase._ See § 9. ¶ 6.

_Cheeks_, is a part of the _Press_; for which See § 10. ¶ 2. and part of the _Dressing-block-groove_. For which See § 20. ¶ 3.

_Choak._ If a _Form_ be not Washt in due time, the _Inck_ will get into the Hollows of the _Face_ of the _Letter_: And that getting in of the _Inck_ is called _Choaking_ of the _Letter_, or _Choaking_ of the _Form_.

_Claw_ of the _Sheeps-foot_. See § 11. ¶ 20.

_Clean Proof._ When a _Proof_ has but few Faults in it, it is called a clean _Proof_.

_Close Matter._ _Matter_ with few _Breaks_ or _Whites_.

_Close Work._ ibid.

_Colation Books._ See § 25. ¶ 4.

_Come._ When the _Face_ and _Shank_ of a _Letter_ is _Cast_ perfect, _Founders_ say, _It Comes well_; if unperfect they say, It does not come, or _It comes not well_.

_Come Down_, the _Toe_ of the _Spindle_ is said to _Come down_ by _Pulling_ the _Bar_: So is the _Bar_ when it is _Pull’d_ near the hither _Cheek_: Also, the _Press-man_ is said to _Come down the Form_ with his _Balls_: For which See § 24. ¶ 13.

_Companion._ See § 24. ¶ 15.

_Comes off._ A _Form_ that receives a good _Impression_, _Comes off well_, if a bad _Impression_, it _Comes off ill_, or it _Comes not well off_. Also a phrase used in _Gathering_ of _Books_; for a _Heap_ that is _Gathered off_ is said to _Come off_. See § 25. ¶ 3.

_Composing Rule._ See § 24. ¶ 4.

_Compositer._ He that _Composes_ or _Sets_ the _Letters_.

_Composing-stick._ See § 9. ¶ 4.

_Copy-money._ See Customs.

_Cording-quire._ See § 25. ¶ 5.

_Correct._ When the _Corrector_ reads the _Proof_, or the _Compositer_ mends the _Faults_ he markt in the _Proof_, they are both said to _Correct_; the _Correcter_ the _Proof_, the _Compositer_ the _Form_.

_Correcting-stone._ See § 6.

_Corrections._ the _Letters_ markt in a _Proof_ are call’d _Corrections_. See § 22. ¶ 8.

_Counter Punch._ See § 13. ¶ 2.

_Counting off Copy._ See § 22. ¶ 9.

_Coyns._ See § 8.

_Cramp Irons._ See § 11. ¶ 15.

_Cross Long, Short._ See _Chase_.

_Cull Paper._ See § 25. ¶ 5.

_Cut the Frisket._ See § 24. ¶ 7.

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