Folios

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl. {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf.
     See 4th {Foil}.]
     1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sheet of paper once folded.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Print.) The page number. The even folios are on the
        left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book;
        sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial
        number.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.
        [1913 Webster]