quinternionn.

Brit.

/k(w)ɪnˈtəːnɪən/, U.S.

/kwɪnˈtərniən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quinternio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinternio set of five double sheets of paper, i.e. twenty pages (mid 15th cent.) < classical Latin quīntus fifth (see quint n.¹) + -ernio (in post-classical Latin quaternio quaternion n.). Compare earlier ternion n. 2, quaternion n. 3.

Printing and Bookbinding.

A set or gathering of five sheets of paper.

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1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 2 The Quinternion consisting of five sheets, and the Quire of five and twenty.

1865 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 418 The printers go on to say..that..demands from purchasers had failed,—in proof of which they adduce their large house full of quinternions.

1883 W. E. A. Axon in W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (new ed.) Introd. p. xi The book..consists of eight quaternions..and one quinternion or section of five sheets folded together.

1933 Art Bull. 15 314 The thirty-third gathering although a quinternion has only nine folios..as one folio, here the first one, was cut away originally.

1960 G. A. Glasiter Gloss. of Bk. 338/1 Quaternion, a gathering made up from four sheets, folded once... Thus ternion (three sheets), quinternion (five sheets), and sextern (six sheets).

2000 Univ. Toronto Q. (Nexis) Jan. 181 The final gathering should be folios 144–55 (two folios and a quinternion).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quinternion
释义	quinternionn. Brit. /k(w)ɪnˈtəːnɪən/, U.S. /kwɪnˈtərniən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quinternio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quinternio set of five double sheets of paper, i.e. twenty pages (mid 15th cent.) < classical Latin quīntus fifth (see quint n.¹) + -ernio (in post-classical Latin quaternio quaternion n.). Compare earlier ternion n. 2, quaternion n. 3. Printing and Bookbinding. A set or gathering of five sheets of paper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > paper > [noun] > specific quantity of quatern?1533 ternion1609 quaternion1625 quinternion1652 bundle1724 ream1832 quinion1872 quire1879 sextern1885 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > large quantity of > specific quantity of milleOE reamc1390 quire1393 ternion1609 quaternion1625 quinternion1652 quinion1872 sextern1885 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 2 The Quinternion consisting of five sheets, and the Quire of five and twenty. 1865 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 418 The printers go on to say..that..demands from purchasers had failed,—in proof of which they adduce their large house full of quinternions. 1883 W. E. A. Axon in W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (new ed.) Introd. p. xi The book..consists of eight quaternions..and one quinternion or section of five sheets folded together. 1933 Art Bull. 15 314 The thirty-third gathering although a quinternion has only nine folios..as one folio, here the first one, was cut away originally. 1960 G. A. Glasiter Gloss. of Bk. 338/1 Quaternion, a gathering made up from four sheets, folded once... Thus ternion (three sheets), quinternion (five sheets), and sextern (six sheets). 2000 Univ. Toronto Q. (Nexis) Jan. 181 The final gathering should be folios 144–55 (two folios and a quinternion). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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