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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FO'LIO, n. [L. folium, a leaf, in folio.]
1. A book of the largest size, formed by once doubling a sheet of paper.
2. Among merchants, a page, or rather both the right and left hand pages of an account book, expressed by the same figure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the system of numbering pages [syn: pagination, folio, page number, paging]
2: a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) [syn: leaf, folio]
3: a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural folios) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, ablative of folium Date: 15th century 1. a. a leaf especially of a manuscript or book b. a leaf number c. a page number d. an identifying reference in accounting used in posting 2. a. a sheet of paper folded once b. a case or folder for loose papers 3. a. the size of a piece of paper cut two from a sheet; also paper or a page of this size b. a book printed on folio pages c. a book of the largest size 4. a certain number of words taken as a unit or division in a document for purposes of measurement or reference II. transitive verb Date: 1858 to put a serial number on each leaf or page of

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. (pl. -os) 1 a leaf of paper etc., esp. one numbered only on the front. 2 a leaf-number of a book. 3 a sheet of paper folded once making two leaves of a book. 4 a book made of such sheets. --adj. (of a book) made of folios, of the largest size. Phrases and idioms: in folio made of folios. Etymology: L, ablat. of folium leaf, = on leaf (as specified)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fol'io Fol'io, v. t. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Folio Fol"io, n.; pl. Folios. [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th Foil.] 1. A leaf of a book or manuscript. 2. A sheet of paper once folded. 3. 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. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand. 5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. 6. (Law) 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(folios) A folio is a book made with paper of a large size, used especially in the early centuries of European printing. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy. N-COUNT

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