Clearing away

Taking out leads, head and white lines, and smaller type from the body of a work after printing, so that the type may be papered-up and put away. The type should be washed, the chase and furniture put away, the pages lifted on galleys, and after the heads, whites, and all irregular matter are extracted and distributed, and leads, brass rule, &c., placed in their proper receptacles, the solid matter is tied up in convenient portions, put on a letter-board until quite dry, when it is papered-up and marked with its proper name and description,—viz., “solid,” “open,” or “figures.”