quarto

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
quarto
    n 1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
         of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: {quarto}, {4to}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quarto \Quar"to\, a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the
   fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See {Quart}.]
   Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a
   quarto.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Quarto \Quar"to\, n.; pl. {Quartos}.
   Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of
   printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a
   square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "quarto":
      crown, duodecimo, eighteenmo, farthing, folio, fourth, fourth part,
      imperial, medium, octavo, octodecimo, one-fourth, quart, quarter,
      quartern, royal, sextodecimo, sixteenmo, super, twelvemo,
      twenty-five cents, twenty-five percent, two bits

    

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