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Folios

Folio \Fol"io\, n.; 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.

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folios

n. (plural of folio English)

Usage examples of "folios".

He took out his folios of drawings, leafed through them approvingly, or made a stabbing correction line with a stubby pen.

On his workbench were his chisels, hammers, dried wax and clay improvisations, miniatures, folios of sketches for the remaining figures of the tomb, stubs of charcoal: a portrait of a man interrupted in the midst of life and work.

Models were thrown to the floor, folios of drawings and sketches scattered in wild confusion, many missing, as well as four models in wax.

The stack of folios before them looked like loose pages from a small paperback novel.

The folios of the metal library in the Great Hall have exactly the same signs!