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verso
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun verso has 2 senses
- verso(n = noun.communication) Array - left-hand page; Array is a kind of page
- verso(n = noun.artifact) reverse - the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design; Array is a kind of side
Antonym: recto
has particulars: tail
is a part of coin
CIDE DICTIONARY
verso, n. [L. versus, p. p. of vertere to turn: cf. F. verso.].
The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
verso, n. (pl. -os)
1 a the left-hand page of an open book. b the back of a printed leaf of paper or manuscript (opp. RECTO).
2 the reverse of a coin.
1 a the left-hand page of an open book. b the back of a printed leaf of paper or manuscript (opp. RECTO).
2 the reverse of a coin.
Etymology
L verso (folio) on the turned (leaf)
THESAURUS
verso
Gospel side, acknowledgments, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, cantorial side, catch line, catchword, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, dedication, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, half-title page, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, larboard, leaf, left, left hand, left wing, left-hand side, left-winger, liberal, makeup, near side, page, port, port tack, portside, preface, preliminaries, radical, recto, reverso, running title, signature, subtitle, table of contents, tail, text, title, title page, trim size, type page, wrong side
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