单词 | in fours |
释义 | > as lemmasin fours e. plural. (See quot. 1888.) Also in fours (formerly †in fours and fours), arranged in groups of four; spec. in Bibliography used to indicate the number of leaves in a sheet or gathering. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [adverb] > by or in fours by fourthsc1430 in fours and fours1488 four for four1535 in fours1890 society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > quarto volume quarto1642 Q1863 in-quarto1865 four1888 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 84 Item, a frete or the Quenis oure set with grete perle sett in fouris and fouris. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 47 Fours, a familiar term used by compositors for ‘quarto’. 1890 H. O. Sommer Malory's Arthur II. Introd. 9 The first part has signatures A to Z..in fours. < as lemmas |
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