Thesaurus: boustrophedon

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1. n. An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
2. n. an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally ‘as the ox ploughs’
3. An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
4. An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one linefrom left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields areplowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
5. n an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'