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‖ verso|ˈvɜːsəʊ|
[L. verso (sc. folio leaf), abl. sing. neut. of versus, pa. pple. of vertĕre to turn. So F. and Pg. verso.]
1. The back of a leaf in a manuscript or printed book; the side presented to the eye when the leaf has been turned over. Also abbrev. v., vo.
The left-hand page of a book is the verso of that leaf, and faces the recto of the next.
1839Halliwell Maundevile Introd. p. xiii, See f. 2, vo. 1850Forshall & Madden Wycliffite Bible I. p. lxi, The verso commences with the eleventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. 1873Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 43 Sines, cosines, and secants are given on the versos of the pages in columns. 1898Athenæum 12 Nov. 676 The text begins on the verso of the title-page.
fig.1873J. Henry Aeneidea I. Pref. 77 It was not long before I had the verso of this agreeable recto of one leaf of my library life.
2. The reverse of a coin, medal, or the like.
1891Cent. Dict. 1914P. E. Newberry in Anc. Egypt 6 On the verso of the same palette there is a scene [etc.]. |