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1. bifolium, n. View full entry 1938
...A pair of conjoint leaves....
2. bite, v. View full entry OE
...trans. To cut into, pierce, or nip (anything) with the teeth....
3. biting, n. View full entry c1175
...The action of bite in its various senses....
4. catchword, n. View full entry 1715
...Printing. The first word of the following page inserted at the right-hand lower corner of each page of a book, below the last line. (Now rarely used.) Also in Manuscripts...
5. colometric, adj. View full entry 1883
...Of, pertaining to, or characterized by colometry....
6. colometry, n. View full entry 1884
...In Ancient Greek Prosody, the measurement of verses by cola; hence in Palaeogr. the division of MS. texts by cola, or corresponding lengths....
7. colon, n.2 View full entry 1589
...In Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Ancient Greek Prosody, a member or section of a sentence or rhythmical period; hence in Palaeogr., a clause or group of...
8. dittography, n. View full entry 1876
...In Palaeogr. and Textual Criticism: Double writing; the unintentional repetition of a letter or word, or series of letters or words, by a copyist....
9. expunction, n. View full entry 1606
...The action of expunging; an erasure....
10. expunctuation, n. View full entry 1957
...= expunction1b....
11. hypo-, prefix View full entry c1540
...In words from Greek: the most important of these are hypochondria, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothec, hypothesis, and their derivatives....
12. insular, adj. and n. View full entry 1611
...Of or pertaining to an island; inhabiting or situated on an island....
13. majuscular, adj. View full entry 1825
...Of the nature of a majuscule; written in majuscules. Also in extended use....
14. majuscule, adj. and n. View full entry 1701
...Palaeogr. Of a letter: large (whether capital or uncial); of, relating to, or written in large lettering; designating or relating to a script having every letter bounded by the same two...
15. mark, n.1 View full entry eOE
...A boundary, frontier, or limit. Also: land within or near certain boundaries (cf. march). Obs....
16. membrane, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Anat. and Zool. A thin sheet of tissue or layer of cells, usually serving to cover or line an organ or part, or to separate or connect parts. Also...
17. Merovingian, adj. and n. View full entry 1687
...Of, relating to, or designating the first dynasty of Frankish kings founded by Clovis (Chlodovech) and reigning in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 751–2; belonging to or characteristic of this...
18. minim, n.1 View full entry 1440
...Music. A symbol (now usually drawn ) for a note having a duration equal to half that of a semibreve; a note of this length. Also in extended use....
19. miniscule, n. and adj. View full entry 1871
...Palaeogr. and Typogr.= minuscule1a;= minuscule1b....
20. minuscular, adj. View full entry 1758
...Of the nature of a minuscule; composed of minuscules....
