Wiktionary:Word of the day/November 18

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folio n

A leaf of a book or manuscript. A page of a book, that is, one side of a leaf of a book. (by extension, printing) A page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand pages. A sheet of paper folded in half. A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height. A wrapper for loose papers. (accounting) A page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. (law, dated) A leaf containing a certain number of words; hence, a certain number of words in a piece of writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. folio v (transitive) To put a serial number on (a folio or page, or on all the folios or pages of a book); to foliate, to page. The First Folio of the English playwright William Shakespeare’s plays, regarded as one of the most influential books ever published, was entered into the Stationers’ Register on this day (on 8 November according to the Julian calendar) in 1623.

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