Octavo

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

  Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, n.;pl. {Octavos}. [L. in octavo; in in +
     octavo, abl. of octavus. See {Octave}.]
     A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight
     leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of
     book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8[deg].
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Octavo \Oc*ta"vo\, a.
     Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book,
     leaf, size, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  octavo
       n : the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
           of paper three times to form eight leaves [syn: {eightvo},
            {8vo}]