twenty-fourn.

Etymology: twenty adj. 1b.See also twenty adj. 2d, 3, Compounds 4.

1. A sheet folded into 24 leaves; a form of type for printing a sheet to be so folded (quot. 1683); a book in which the sheets are thus folded. (Always in plural; usually in in twenty-fours.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > twentyfourmo

twenty-four1673

twentyfourmo1841

1673 Term Catal. 6 May Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium Libri IX. In Twenty-fours.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 326 Any Form Imposed like Twelves, as Twenty fours.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 23/2 Other bookes..whether they be..octavo's, sixteens or twentyfoures.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 11 Bound in Twelves, Sixteens, or Twenty~fours.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 419 A Sheet of Twenty-fours, with Two Signatures.

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 420 A Half Sheet of Long Twenty-fours.

2. A period of 24 hours; a day.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun]

dayOE

journeyc1305

joura1500

dog day1669

nycthemeron1682

lunar day1686

political day1706

twenty-four1735

nycthemer1837

mail-day1844

Tag1914

1735 G. Berkeley Querist §125 To pass the twenty-fours with tolerable ease.

Compounds

twenty-four man n. (see quot. 1925).

ΚΠ

1925 C. R. Cooper Lions 'n' Tigers iii. 61 An over-worked individual called the ‘twenty-four man’, whose task it is to provide the circus with everything it needs, even to the meat which is fed to the carnivorous animals.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

3. Something characterized in some way by the number twenty. So the compound numerals, as twenty-four (a flowerpot of which there are 24 in a cast, etc.) See also (in special senses) twenty-five n., twenty-four n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twenty > thing characterized by the number

twenty1842

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 515 Those that have the strongest roots re-pot into twenty-fours.

1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 251 In June, the potted ones will bear shifting to a size twenty-four.

1895 Daily News 22 Feb. 4/6 From twenties to twenty-fours, that is, from cotton with twenty hanks in the pound to the finer sort of cotton with twenty-four hanks in the pound.

单词	twenty-four
释义	twenty-fourn. Etymology: twenty adj. 1b.See also twenty adj. 2d, 3, Compounds 4. 1. A sheet folded into 24 leaves; a form of type for printing a sheet to be so folded (quot. 1683); a book in which the sheets are thus folded. (Always in plural; usually in in twenty-fours.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > twentyfourmo twenty-four1673 twentyfourmo1841 1673 Term Catal. 6 May Valerii Maximi dictorum factorumque memorabilium Libri IX. In Twenty-fours. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 326 Any Form Imposed like Twelves, as Twenty fours. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 23/2 Other bookes..whether they be..octavo's, sixteens or twentyfoures. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 11 Bound in Twelves, Sixteens, or Twenty~fours. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 419 A Sheet of Twenty-fours, with Two Signatures. 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 420 A Half Sheet of Long Twenty-fours. 2. A period of 24 hours; a day.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] dayOE journeyc1305 joura1500 dog day1669 nycthemeron1682 lunar day1686 political day1706 twenty-four1735 nycthemer1837 mail-day1844 Tag1914 1735 G. Berkeley Querist §125 To pass the twenty-fours with tolerable ease. Compounds twenty-four man n. (see quot. 1925). ΚΠ 1925 C. R. Cooper Lions 'n' Tigers iii. 61 An over-worked individual called the ‘twenty-four man’, whose task it is to provide the circus with everything it needs, even to the meat which is fed to the carnivorous animals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019). > as lemmas twenty-four 3. Something characterized in some way by the number twenty. So the compound numerals, as twenty-four (a flowerpot of which there are 24 in a cast, etc.) See also (in special senses) twenty-five n., twenty-four n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twenty > thing characterized by the number twenty1842 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 515 Those that have the strongest roots re-pot into twenty-fours. 1850 G. Glenny Hand-bk. Flower Garden 251 In June, the potted ones will bear shifting to a size twenty-four. 1895 Daily News 22 Feb. 4/6 From twenties to twenty-fours, that is, from cotton with twenty hanks in the pound to the finer sort of cotton with twenty-four hanks in the pound. extracted from twentyadj.n. < n.1673 as lemmas
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twenty-fourn.

Compounds

> as lemmas