STABBING MACHINE.—A small machine used for making the holes through the backs of pamphlets.
STANDING PRESS.—A fixed heavy press with a perpendicular screw over the centre.
START.—When any of the leaves are not properly secured in the back, and they project beyond the others, they are said to have started. When the back has been broken by forcing the leaves they start.
STIFFENER.—A thin mill-board used for various purposes.
STITCHING.—The operation of passing the thread through a pamphlet for the purpose of securing the sheets together.
STRAIGHT-EDGE.—A small board having one edge perfectly straight.
STOPS.—Small circular tools, adapted to “stop” a fillet when it intersects at right angles; used to save the time mitringmitreing would occupy.
TENON SAW.—A small saw used by bookbinders for sawing the books for sewing. More strictly speaking a carpenter’s tool.
TITLE.—The space between the bands upon which the lettering is placed. The leaf in the beginning of a book describing the subject.
TOOLS.—Applied particularly to the hand stamps and tools used in finishing.