_Pallet._--Name given to the tools used in gilding upon the bands, sometimes applied to the lettering-box.
_Panel._--The space between bands; also applied to bevelled and sunk sides.
_Papering Up._--Covering the edges after they are gilt, so as to protect them while the volume is being covered and finished.
_Paring._--Reducing the edges of the leather by forming a gradual slope.
_Pastewash._--A thin dilution of paste in water.
_Pencil._--A small brush of camel's hair.
_Pieced._--When the space between bands, upon which the lettering is placed, has a piece of leather upon it different from the back, it is said to be pieced or titled.
_Plough._--The instrument used in cutting the edges of books and pasteboards.
_Points._--Holes made in the sheets by the printer; they serve as guides in folding.
_Polisher._--A steel implement used in finishing.
_Press._--There are various kinds of presses,--viz.: laying or cutting, standing, stamping, embossing, gilding, and finishing.
_Rake._--An instrument used in forwarding, to harden the backs while being pastewashed in the standing-press.
_Rasped._--The sharp edge taken off the boards.
_Register._--The ribbon placed in a volume for a marker; also a list of signatures, attached to the end of early-printed works, for the use of the binder.
_Rolls._--The cylindrical ornaments used in finishing.
_Run Up._--When the back has a fillet run from head to tail without being mitred at each band, it is said to be run up.
_Runner._--The front board used in cutting edges, &c.
_Sewer._--The person who sews the sheets together on the sewing-press--generally a female.
_Set-Off._--Designates the transfer of the ink to the opposite page.
_Setting the Head._--Is covering the headband neatly with the leather, so as to form a kind of cap.
_Shaving-Tub._--The paper cut from the edges of a volume are called shavings. The receptacle into which they fall while the forwarder is cutting the edges is termed the shaving-tub.
_Signature._--The letter or figure under the footline of the first page of each sheet to indicate the order of arrangement in the volume; sometimes applied to the sheet itself.
_Size._--A preparation used in finishing and gilding, generally made from vellum.