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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 




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