Rinse the forme

Laying-up the forme and washing the ley and ink away to make the letter clean. This should always be done by the pressman as soon as the forme is off, by taking it to the ley trough and brushing the ink from off the face of the letter, the furniture, the chase, with the ley brush and ley. He should lift it out of the trough, and place it standing on its edge in the sink or trough and resting against some support, and rinse it well with water to wash away the ley and the ink it has dissolved; the face of the letter, the furniture, and the chase are thus made clean, ready for the compositor to lay up preparatory to distributing.—See Laying-up.