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Begin even.

To expedite composition where the copy is in long paragraphs, the compositor starts at random, that is, in the middle of a sentence, and the preceding compositor “makes even” to his “take” of copy.

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Entry taken from Printers' Vocabulary, by Charles Thomas Jacobi, 1888.

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Beat lean.
Beater.
Bed.
Bed of the frame.
Begin a fresh par.
Begin even.
Bellows.
Belly of a type.
Belts.
Benvenue.
Bevel wheel.