Stichometry
Pronunciation : Stich*om"e*try
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. -metry.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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