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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[So called from the watermark of a

fool’s cap and bells

used by old paper makers. See

Fool's cap

, under

A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See

Noun.

[L. scapus, or folio and shape.] A kind of paper of small size.