Runs on sorts.— Requiring an inordinate proportion of particular letters.
Saw-block.—A box similar to a carpenter’s mitre-block, to guide in cutting furniture, &c.
Schedule.—A sheet of paper passed with the make-up, containing folios, on which the compositor marks his name opposite to the pages set by him.
Set off.—When sheets that are newly worked off soil those that come in contact with them, they are said to set off.
Shank.—The metal body upon which the face of a letter stands.
Sheep’s-foot.—An iron hammer with a claw-end.
Sheetwise.—When the pages of a sheet are imposed in two forms, which are backed in printing.
Shooting-stick.—A wedge-shaped instrument for locking up a form.
Short cross.—The short bar which, crossing the long bar, divides the chase into quarters.
Shoulder.—The surface of the shank of a type not covered by the letter.