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Definition of Eighteens
1. eighteen [n] - See also: eighteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eighteens
Literary usage of Eighteens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"Sheet of eighteens, with three Signatures, as three Half Sheets and the bookbinder
will have to trim each of them with a pair of ..."
2. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1892)
"... I will add that there is in Fort Powhatan Five eighteens, twelve 1814. twelves,
four sixes, and one four pounder, all mounted ; and there are three sets ..."
3. "My Gun Was As Tall As Me": Child Soldiers in Burma by Kevin Heppner, Jo Becker (2002)
"As a result, estimates of under-eighteens ranged from as low as 3 percent to as
high as 90 ... This resulted in a median of 30 percent of under-eighteens. ..."
4. Decimal System for the Arrangement and Administration of Libraries by Nathaniel Bradstreet Shurtleff (1856)
"Consequently, twelves and sixteens generally bear one signature mark, while
eighteens have three of twelve pages each. Many printers avoid imposing .their ..."
5. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"The Bon Homme Richard, with her six eighteens, could indeed throw 312 pounds on a
... Without her eighteens, she could throw only 204 pounds on a broadside, ..."
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