DIVINITY CALF.—A dark brown calf used generally for religious books, and worked in blind or antique.
DENTELLE.—As the word expresses. A style resembling lace work, finished with very finely cut tools.
DOUBLED.—When in working a tool a second time it is inadvertently not placed exactly in the previous impression, it is said to be “doubled.”
EDGE-ROLLED.—When the edges of the boards are rolled, either in blind or in gold.
END-PAPERS.—The papers placed at each end of the volume and pasted down upon the boards.
FILLET.—A cylindrical tool used in finishing, upon which a line or lines are engraved.
FINISHING.—The department that receives the volumes after they are put in leather. The ornaments placed on the volume. The person who works at this branch is termed a finisher.
FINISHING PRESS.—A small press, used for holding books when being finished.
FINISHING STOVE.—A heating box or fire used for warming the various tools used in finishing.
FLEXIBLE.—When a book is sewn on raised bands, and the thread is passed entirely round each band. It is the strongest sewing done at the present time. This term is often misused for limp work, because the boards are limp or flexible.