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noun
A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
A blade with one straight edge and one edge which runs parallel for most of the blade's length until it curves abruptly (almost at a right angle) down to a point at the tip, resulting in less of a piercing point than on a Wharncliffe; (loosely) a Wharncliffe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From sheep + -s- + foot.
