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Webster 1828 Edition


Doomsday-book

DOOMSDAY-BOOK

, DOMESDAY-BOOK,
Noun.
A book compiled by order of William the Conqueror, containing a survey of all the lands in England. It consists of two volumes; a large folio, and a quarto. The folio contains 382 double pages of vellum, written in a small but plain character. The quarto contains 450 double pages of vellum, written in a large fair character.