Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OC-TA'VO
OC-TA'VO, n. [L. octavus, eighth.]
A book in which a sheet is folded into eight leaves. The word is used as a noun or an adjective. We say, an octavo, or an octavo volume. The true phrase is, a book in octavo.
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