Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Folio

Fol′io

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Folios
(#)
.
[Ablative of L.
folium
leaf. See 4th
Foil
.]
1.
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
2.
A sheet of paper once folded.
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
.
4.
(Print.)
The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
5.
A page of a book;
(Bookkeeping)
a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
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.
Folio post
,
a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.

Fol′io

,
Verb.
T.
To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

Fol′io

,
Adj.
Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages;
as, a
folio
volume
. See
Folio
,
Noun.
, 3.

Webster 1828 Edition


Folio

FO'LIO

,
Noun.
[L. folium, a leaf, in folio.]
1.
A book of the largest size, formed by once doubling a sheet of paper.
2.
Among merchants, a page, or rather both the right and left hand pages of an account book, expressed by the same figure.