_Arming press_, a small blocking press used for striking arms-blocks on the sides of books.
_Backing boards_, wedge-shaped bevelled boards used in backing (see Fig. 40).
_Backing machine_, used for backing cheap work in large quantities; it often crushes and damages the backs of the sections.
_Bands_, (1) the cords on which a book is sewn. (2) The ridges on the back caused by the bands showing through the leather.
_Band nippers_, pincers with flat jaws, used for straightening the bands (see Fig. 61). For nipping up the leather after covering, they should be nickelled to prevent the iron staining the leather.
_Beating stone_, the "stone" on which books were formerly beaten; now generally superseded by the rolling machine and standing press.
_Blind tooling_, the impression of finishing tools without gold.
_Blocking press_, a press used for impressing blocks such as those used in decorating cloth cases.
_Board papers_, the part of the end papers pasted on to the boards.
_Bodkin_, an awl used for making the holes in the boards for the slips.
_Bolt_, folded edge of the sheets in an unopened book.
_Cancels_, leaves containing errors, which have to be discarded and replaced by corrected sheets. Such leaves are marked by the printer with a star.
_Catch-word_, a word printed at the foot of one page indicating the first word of the page following, as a guide in collating.
_Cutting boards_, wedge-shaped boards somewhat like backing boards, but with the top edge square; used in cutting the edge of a book and in edge-gilding.
_Cutting in boards_, cutting 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).