Sheep's Foot Tool
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“In printing, an iron hammer with a split curved claw at the end which serves for a handle. The claw is used as a pry for lifting forms from the bed of a press.” —Whitney, 1889
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printing, Hammer, tool, printing press, claw, print, split, lift, press, handle, curved, liftingSource
William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5561
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