Side sorts.—Types in the side and upper boxes of a case, consisting of letters not frequently used.
Side-sticks.—Sloping furniture on the outside of the pages next to the chase, where the quoins are inserted.
Signature.—A letter or a figure used at the bottom of the first page of a sheet, to direct the binder in placing the sheets in a volume.
Slice galley.—A galley with an upper movable bottom, called a slice, used for pages and jobs too large to be lifted by the fingers.
Slug.—A thick lead. Sometimes with a word or figure on top, used to denote the ownership of matter on galleys.
Slur.—A blurred impression in a printed sheet.
Solid pick.—A letter in a stereotype plate filled up with metal, resulting from an imperfect mould.
Sorts.—The letters in the several case-boxes are separately called sorts, in printers’ and founders’ language.
Space-rules.—Fine lines, cast type-high, and of even ems in length, for table and algebraical work.
Spaces.—Low blank types used to separate words.