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Type-block.

One having upon it raised figures representing letters or numbers. It is used in impressing or printing words or figures. In the former case, the result is a sunken or intaglio legend, name, or what not; in the latter, the impression is given in printer's ink, or by a hot block upon gold-leaf, to cause it to adhere to the size or glaire spread upon the object beneath the leaf. See gilding. See also type-wheel.

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