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A leaf of a book or manuscript. |
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A sheet of paper once folded. |
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A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages
to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper. |
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The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages
and the odd folios on the right-hand. |
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A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book;
sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. |
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A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a
certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings
72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. |