Hypertext Webster Gateway: "page"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Page \Page\ (p[=a]j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr.
Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh.
akin to L. puer. Cf. {Pedagogue}, {Puerile}.]
1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of
high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor
and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed
for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar
service in households; in the United States, a boy
employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Page \Page\, n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere,
pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being
fastened together. Cf. {Pact}, {Pageant}, {Pagination}.]
1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
--Longfellow.
2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Page \Page\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paging}.]
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to
furnish with folios.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
page
n 1: especially one side of a leaf
2: English industrialist who pioneered in the design and
manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962) [syn: {Page}, {Sri
Frederick Handley Page}]
3: United States diplomat and writer about the Old South
(1853-1922) [syn: {Page}, {Thomas Nelson Page}]
4: a boy who is employed to run errands [syn: {pageboy}]
5: a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies
such as legislative functions and weddings
6: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as
the first stage in training for knighthood [syn: {varlet}]
v 1: call out somebody's name over a P.A. system
2: work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"
3: number the pages of a book or manuscript [syn: {foliate}, {paginate}]
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