demy 的定义
plural de·mies.
- a foundation scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford: so called because such a scholar originally received half the allowance of a fellow.
- a size of printing paper, 17.5 × 22.5 inches.
- a size of drawing or writing paper, 15.5 or 15 × 20 inches in England, 16 × 21 inches in the U.S.
- Also called demy octavo. a size of book, about 5.5 × 8.75 inches, untrimmed. Abbreviation: demy 8vo
- Also called demy quarto. Chiefly British. a size of book, about 8.75 × 11 inches, untrimmed. Abbreviation: demy 4to
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- Film fans also know the band for its soundtrack to the Jacques Demy film Model Shop.
- This edition is in demy 4to, printed on the finest plate paper, and contains six copper-plate etchings.
- He was described as "homme de moenne stature, ayant barbe demy blanche, et le visage hault et large."
- It has lately been made broader by forming Demy-Arches which support the Riders on each side.
- There we found six great pieces of brass ordinance, mounted upon their carriages, some Demy, some Whole-Culvering.
- I filled two or three sheets of demy writing-paper, folded in octavo, with these memorandums.