| 单词 | in eights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin eights c. Bibliography. in eights: an expression indicating the number of leaves in a sheet of an early printed book. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [adverb] > in octavo in octavo1582 in eights1858 1858 Lowndes Bibliogr. Man. at Caxton It [the Cronicles] terminates on the recto of Y 6 in eights. 1884 W. Gregor in J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus Introd. p. xxxi It is a quarto, and consists of A to I in eights. 1891 Catal. of Bibles, Liturgy, Church Hist. & Theol. (Bernard Quaritch) 53 The book is composed of 32 quires, in eights, except the first quire..which is in six. Thus a complete copy should contain 254 leaves. in eights d. Metre. in eights: in lines of eight syllables. So in eights and sixes (fours, etc.): in alternate lines of those lengths. Chiefly said of hymns. < as lemmas |
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