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WordNet 3.0
- n. a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
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SCIE - publications
The vocabulary of scientific paper submission
italicise, reference, ISBN, square bracket, running head, printing process, peer review, ASL, retrievable, lexical, publishable, et alia and 188 more...
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Rare Books
Words used in the rare book trade (of which I was once a part). For more about how such books are put together, see hernesheir's excellent The Bindery.
foxing, gilt, headband, bumped, endpaper, leaf, colophon, vellum, laid paper, boards, device, engraving and 168 more...
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reesetee A descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book or other printing.
But I do so like the literal image it conjures up. ;-) Feb 20, 2007