Folio

[Abl. of folium, a leaf.] A leaf of a book. - A whole sheet of paper folded into two leaves. - A book of the largest size, formed by sheets of paper once doubled. A page, or rather both the right-and left-hand pages of an account-book, expre ed by the same figure. ( Law . ) A certain number of words specified by statute as a folio , without reference to the paper on which they are written. In N. York they are fixed at one hundred. Fold n. [A. S. fald ; L. Lat. falda , an enclosure, a fence.] A pen or enclosure for sheep; a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.- A flock of sheep; - hence, figuratively, the Church; as, -a. Pertaining to, or formed of, sheets of paper folded Christ's fold . -. a. To shut up, or confine, as sheep in a fold. Fold, n. [A. S. feald ; Ger. falte , a plait.] The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth; a plait or plication; a part of such substance, turned, bent, or laid upon another. "Mummies shrouded in folds of linen, besmeared with gums." -That which enfolds, envelops, or embraces. Bacon . -From the former signification is derived the use of fold , in composition, chiefly with numerals, when it denotes multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio; as, fourfold , i. e., multiplied by four; increasing in a quadruple ratio.