1599 H. Petowe Philochasander & Elanira xxiii. sig. D3^v On this dayes new borne light, I Page-like tended, Casting my little lights on that bright Sunne.

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iii. i. sig. F2 All the dangers, That Pagelike waite on the successe of warre.

1706 D. Defoe Caledonia ii. 27 Nothing keeps Nature close in Gaol like Pride, Squadrons of Page-like Crimes before her ride, And Ignorance is always next her side.

1849 H. Melville Mardi I. xviii. 69 There is a fish in the sea that evermore, like a surly lord, only goes abroad attended by his suite. It is the Shovel-nosed Shark... Pity there were no rayfish in rear, page-like, to carry his caudal train.

1919 Times 8 Feb. 5/4 There are greyish green young waitresses with page-like rows of gold buttons.

1950 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 234 272 The line joining the posterior ends of these limits follow a curved oblique course parallel to the direction of the page-like folds.

1978 R. J. Thierauf Distributed Processing Syst. vii. 172 Questions are projected on the operator's screen in a list. New questions are flashed in a pagelike sequence, and can cover up to 30 items on a single order.

1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 May b2 Told in witty storyboard form, it celebrates several classic art styles. Despite the pagelike borders, the story of a night patrolman is told with unbounded imagination.