octodecimo

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octodecimo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Octodecimo \Oc`todec"i*mo\, a. [L. octodecim eighteen. See
     Octavo, Decimal, and -mo.]
     Having eighteen leaves to a sheet; as, an octodecimo form,
     book, leaf, size, etc.
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  Octodecimo \Oc`to*dec"i*mo\, n.; pl. Octodecimos.
     A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
     eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a
     size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written
     18mo or 18[deg], and called eighteenmo.
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