versos

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of verso.
  verso

  noun

  a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).

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versos

Behind the talk of versos and rectos is the awareness that big money is moving into the market.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I’ve been looking for it everywhere, and I could really use some versos sencillos right now.”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

The plates are arranged as follows, by leaves, the versos being blank: 1.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Our men captured three versos and two falcons, one hundred and fifty muskets and arquebuses, and a flag which the enemy had captured from us in the shipyard.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

With those below, they numbered twelve pieces with ladles, twenty-seven versos and falcons, and one hundred and twenty muskets and arquebuses.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

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