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page (p<amac/j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy,
| page | (p<amac/j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.] 1.
A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress
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-He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon.
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2.
A boy child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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3.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
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4. (Brickmaking)
A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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5. (Zol.)
Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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| page | , v. t. 1.
To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.] Shak.
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2.
To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.
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3.
To call a person on a pager.
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| page | , n. [F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]
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1.
One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
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-Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow.
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2. Fig.:
A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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3. (Print.)
The type set up for printing a page.
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| page | , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged (p<amac/jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paging (p<amac/"j<icr/ng).]
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
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