Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quarto"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quarto
n : the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet
of paper twice to form four leaves [syn: {4to}]
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