Crossword clues for brevier
brevier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brevier
Brevier \Bre*vier"\ (br[-e]*v[=e]r"), n. [Prob. from being originally used in printing a breviary. See Breviary.] (Print.) A size of type between bourgeois and minion.
Note: This line is printed in brevier type.
Wiktionary
brevier
n. (context typography printing dated English) The size of type between minion and bourgeois, standardized as 8-point.
Usage examples of "brevier".
He was walking by the hedge, reading, I think a brevier book with, I doubt not, a witty letter in it from Glycera or Chloe to keep the page.
The One-volume edition will be printed from a new fount of Brevier Ancient type, on toned paper, and will be the most compact and readable edition of Shakespeare ever issued in a single volume.