Meaning

(rare) A leaf..

Definitions by Sense

1. (rare) A leaf.
2. A leaf (2 pages) of a codex or manuscript.
3. A document that acts as the legal record of a transaction.
4. A thin sheet or plate of a foliated rock or mineral.
5. (anatomy) A lobe on a branching structure.
6. (geometry) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches having a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop.
7. (uncountable) Synonym of turnsole (“purple dye”).
8. (zoology) A symmetric pattern on the abdomen of some spiders.

Example Sentences

278.0 common walnut-tree folium

In conclusion, under the recommended use conditions Uva-ursi folium is a safe therapeutic option for treating lower urinary tract infections.

The fire is stoked by blowing through a hollow cane made from the folium of the tucum palm.

But Barwick and Robinson both investigated V, and inform us that V leaves almost a full folium vacant (only the first two lines of folium 227 being occupied by the text before the lacuna).

However, the columns of the uncial manuscripts should be seen as elements in a text block on the folium for they betray the cannons in vogue for writing the codex as it is possible to verify from a continuing tradition.

On f. 1 the second scribe has written an anukramajikā (on the left is noted the folium number, on the right the adhyāya number):

Thus the order of the folia originating in the Archimedean codex is known, but the order of the text does not show where one quire began and how many folia were bound into one quire.

Giving tallies was a royal mode of contracting debts by our early sovereigns, as Exchequer bills have been the means of raising loans in our times: indeed, the Exchequer bill was the counter-tally, or folium of the tally; and the court of Exchequer has existed in its late order since the days of Edward I., by whom it was regulated and reduced from the institution of the ancient Norman Exchequer, introduced here by William the Conqueror.

Word Forms

• foliums
• folia

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