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.
Definition of hieroglyphic. 1  1 : written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters. 2  2 : inscribed with hieroglyphic. 3  3 : resembling hieroglyphic in difficulty of decipherment.