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n. [Fr. & Sp. page, It. paggio, L. Lat. pagius, Lombard pahis, pais, a servant, from Gr. παιδίον, diminutive of παῖς, παιδός, a boy, servant.]

1Sense 1. A boy. [Obs.]

A child that was of half-year age In cradle it lay, and was a proper page. Chaucer.

2Sense 2. Especially, a serving-boy; a youth or attendant on a nobleman or wealthy person, either male or female.

He had two pages of honor—on either hand one. Bacon.

3Sense 3. Hence, a boy that waits on the members of a legislative body; as, the pages of Congress.

4Sense 4. A shepherd's servant. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

5Sense 5. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold up the skirt of a lady's dress, so that it need not drag upon the ground.

n. [Fr. page, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. pagina, from Lat. pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, compose.] One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.

Page cord (Print.), small twine used to tie together pages or columns of type set up for printing. Hansard.—Page paper, stout paper cut to the proper size on which to place pages of type till they are wanted to be imposed. Savage.