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Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.

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  1. n. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
  2. n. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
  3. 1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. 2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, - - a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
  4. n. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. n. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.