| Pronunciation: | | 'kwortow
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| | Definition: | | [n] the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves |
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| | Synonyms: | | 4to |
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| | See Also: | | size |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Quar"to\, a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the
fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See {Quart}.]
Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a
quarto.
\Quar"to\, n.; pl. {Quartos}.
Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of
printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a
square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
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