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Boustrophedon : (noun)
1: an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in
opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Boustrophedon : \Bou`stro*phe"don\, n. [Gr. ? turning like oxen in
plowing; ? to turn.]
An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line
from left to right, and the next from right to left (as
fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Boustrophedon : n. [from a Greek word for turning like an ox while
plowing] An ancient method of writing using alternate left-to-right and
right-to-left lines. This term is actually philologists' techspeak and
typesetters' jargon. Erudite hackers use it for an optimization
performed by some computer typesetting software and moving-head
printers. The adverbial form `boustrophedonically' is also found
(hackers purely love constructions like this).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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