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punch

 
   
1.
to his something hard



2.
to make holes in something so that it can be inserted into a ring file

â–  noun a device for making the matrix from which type is cast. The punch is a steel stamp with the letter cut into it in relief; this is then pressed into a metal alloy, which becomes the matrix.
 

 

 

 
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