Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A set of five sheets of paper or parchment: a term in bookbinding.
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- noun bookbinding Five gathered
sheets of paper folded intwo for binding together.
Etymologies
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From quint- + -ernion, a suffix built from the ending of quaternion.
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