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fol.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) a leaf.


fol. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. folio.

  2. followed.

  3. following.


fol. British  

abbreviation

  1. folio

  2. following

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fol.

From the Latin word folium

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This work was published at Paris in 1647 in 7 vols. fol., and obtained for its author a considerable pension from the chancellor, Pierre Seguier, to whom it was dedicated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

London, 1533, fol.; and with considerable additions by Stephen Batman, a physician, London, 1582, fol.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

His great work, The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, exhibited in Figures, fol., was published in 1774.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

D. 298 inf., transcribed by the same, fol., chart.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Nat., fonds latin, No. 4270, fol. 138-9, 213.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

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