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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Page  \Page\  (p[=a]j),  n.  [F.,  fr  It  paggio  LL  pagius,  fr 
  Gr  paidi`on,  dim.  of  pai^s,  paido`s,  a  boy,  servant;  perh. 
  akin  to  L.  puer.  Cf  {Pedagogue},  {Puerile}.] 
  1.  A  serving  boy;  formerly,  a  youth  attending  a  person  of 
  high  degree,  especially  at  courts,  as  a  position  of  honor 
  and  education;  now  commonly,  in  England,  a  youth  employed 
  for  doing  errands,  waiting  on  the  door,  and  similar 
  service  in  households;  in  the  United  States,  a  boy 
  employed  to  wait  upon  the  members  of  a  legislative  body. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Page  \Page\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  pagina;  prob.  akin  to  pagere, 
  pangere  to  fasten,  fix,  make  the  pages  or  leaves  being 
  fastened  together.  Cf  {Pact},  {Pageant},  {Pagination}.] 
  1.  One  side  of  a  leaf  of  a  book  or  manuscript. 
 
  Such  was  the  book  from  whose  pages  she  sang. 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  A  record;  a  writing;  as  the  page  of  history. 
 
  3.  (Print.)  The  type  set  up  for  printing  a  page. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Page  \Page\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Paging}.] 
  To  mark  or  number  the  pages  of  as  a  book  or  manuscript;  to 
  furnish  with  folios. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  page 
  n  1:  especially  one  side  of  a  leaf 
  2:  a  boy  who  is  employed  to  run  errands  [syn:  {pageboy}] 
  3:  a  youthful  attendant  at  official  functions  or  ceremonies 
  such  as  legislative  functions  and  weddings 
  4:  in  medieval  times  a  youth  acting  as  a  knight's  attendant  as 
  the  first  stage  in  training  for  knighthood  [syn:  {varlet}] 
  v  1:  call  out  somebody's  name  over  a  P.A.  system 
  2:  work  as  a  page;  "He  is  paging  in  Congress  this  summer" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Page,  AZ  (city,  FIPS  51810) 
  Location:  36.90425  N,  111.45782  W 
  Population  (1990):  6598  (2307  housing  units) 
  Area:  43.0  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water) 
  Page,  ND  (city,  FIPS  60500) 
  Location:  47.15800  N,  97.57060  W 
  Population  (1990):  266  (144  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  58064 
  Page,  NE  (village,  FIPS  38085) 
  Location:  42.39904  N,  98.41741  W 
  Population  (1990):  191  (100  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.6  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  68766 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  page 
 
  1.    {paging}. 
 
  2.    {web  page}. 
 
  (1997-04-10) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PAGE 
 
  A  typesetting  language. 
 
  ["Computer  Composition  Using  PAGE-1",  J.L.  Pierson,  Wiley 
  1972].




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