FOLIO

n. v. a.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A leaf of a book or manuscript.

2.
n.

A sheet of paper once folded.

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

5.
n.

A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.

6.
n.

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. Folio post, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.

7.
v.

To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

8.
a.

Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.


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