Gold knife. A long straight knife used in cutting gold leaf.
Gold leaf. Gold beaten very thin, used for lettering and gilding.
Gouge. A finishing tool used to stamp the segment of a circle on a book.
Grain. The outer surface of a piece of leather from which the hair has been removed. Generally used with adjectives which indicate the appearance of the grain in question.
Graining. 1. Process of "bringing up" the natural grain of leather by artificial means. 2. Process of embossing leather to produce a fictitious grain.
Grater. Tool used for rubbing backs after they are paste-washed.
Grolier. An elaborate style of ornament consisting of scroll work with interwoven squares, circles and diamonds, parts of the design being studded with gold dots.
Grooves. Projections at the back against which boards rest to form the joint. Made by the backing hammer. Sometimes called joints.
Guards. 1. Narrow strips of paper bound in books to which plates or leaves are attached later. 2. Narrow strips of cloth or paper used to reinforce the folds of signatures, or pasted to single leaves and folded around adjoining signatures.
Guides. The grooves in which the plough moves on the face of the cutting press.