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English Dictionary: Quarto by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quarto
n
  1. the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves
    Synonym(s): quarto, 4to
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.
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