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Webster 1913 Edition
Stichometry
Stich-om′e-try
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a line +
-metry
.] 1.
Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
2.
Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, – a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stichometry
STICHOMETRY
,Noun.