Bad Work. Faults by the compositor or pressman.
Broken Letter. The breaking of the orderly succession the letters stood in, either in a line, page, or form; also the mingling of the letters, technically called pie.
Case is Low. Compositors say this when the boxes, or holes of the case, have few letters in them.
Case is full. When no sorts are wanting.
Case stands still. When the compositor is not at his case.
Cassie Paper. Quires made up of torn, wrinkled, stained, or otherwise faulty sheets.
Cassie Quires. The two outside quires of the ream, also called cording quires.
Charge. To fill the sheet with large or heavy pages.
Companions. The two press-men working at one press: the one first named has his choice to pull or beat; the second takes the refuse office.