interleafn.
/ˈɪntəliːf/ 1. An extra leaf inserted between the regular leaves of a book, usually blank to receive notes or additional matter; also transferred matter such as is written on such a leaf.
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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [noun] > leaf > types of leaf
title sheet1615
interleaf1741
end-paper1818
flyleaf1832
inlay1877
witness1880
end-leaf1905
blank1952
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xx. 131 My little Book of select Devotions, with my Notes in the Inter-leaves.
1832 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 257 All his interleaves and margins are scribbled over with lug-sails.
1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 199 Here the reader must permit me a little Essay or disquisitional Interleaf on the character and writings of Chatterton.
1898 S. Colvin Advt. Flor. Pict. Chron. 2/1 His text..comprises 42 pages of Introduction and 79 Interleaves facing the drawings.
2. Botany. A leaf developed between the ordinary leaves of a plant.
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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > with particular position or connection with stem
interfoil1672
perfoliation1855
interleaf1869
underleaf1873
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 573 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The stunting of the shoots and grapes, the curling and premature fall of the leaves, the development of interleaves, and cracking and drying of the berries.
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interleafv.
/ɪntəˈliːf/ = interleave v.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > arrange sheets
quire1683
interleaf1712
volumize1830
volume1853
the world > time > change > alternation > alternate [verb (transitive)]
altern1447
entermetea1500
interchange1561
interpose1602
alternate1605
interplace1650
interleave1802
interleaf1900
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 547. ¶2 Having the two last Volumes in large Paper interleafed for her own private use.
1733 A. Hill Let. 24 Oct. in Wks. (1753) I. 156 I will interleaf your part, if you send it me.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 10/2 He proposes to ‘interleaf’ his parliamentary duties with agreeable studies.
Derivatives
interˈleafed adj.
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society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > page > having leaves inserted
interleaved1698
interleafed1739
leaved1818
1739 A. Hill in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) I. 34 The interleafed volumes of Plain Dealers and Prompters.
interˈleafing n.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > arrangement or treatment of sheets
gathering1683
interleafing1870
interleaving1885
inlaying1894
quiring1922
silking1943
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. pxviii. The curious example of such gauzy interleafings in the manuscript of Theodulph.
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