A press brake bending a sheet of steel A press brake is a machine tool for bending sheet and plate material, most commonly sheet metal. It forms predetermined bends by clamping the workpiece between a matching punch and die.
A hieroglyph, said the Rhetor, is an emblem of something not cognizable by the senses but which possesses qualities resembling those of the symbol. Pierre knew very well what a hieroglyph was, but dared not speak.
Hieroglyphic is the adjectival form of the word hieroglyph, but hieroglyphic writing is really redundant, so we speak of the Egyptian hieroglyphs rather than the Egyptian hieroglyphics or -- at least most of the time -- the Egyptian hieroglyphic writing.e call the sacred picture writing of the ancient Egypt ians hieroglyphs. Hieroglyph is formed from two ancient Greek words: hieros 'holy' + glyphe 'carvings' which described the ancient holy writing of the Egyptians.