Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, same as
loculus .
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Examples
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This investigation has shewn that three of the words applied to the preservation of books, namely, _nidus_, _forulus_, and _loculamentum_, may be rendered by the English "pigeon-hole"; and that _pegma_ and _pluteus_ mean contrivances of wood which may be rendered by the English "shelving."
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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Insuper autem ad capsum redæ loculamentum firmiter figatur habens tympanum versatile in cultro collocatum, etc. [80] Dr. Sandys, in his edition of Aristotle's _Constitution of Athens_,
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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_loculamentum_ = pigeon-hole: receptacle for rolls in Roman libraries, 31, 32
The Care of Books John Willis Clark 1871
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