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   Page , n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. παιδίον, dim. of παῖς, παιδός, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile.]
   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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   A boy child. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   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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   (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
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   (Zool.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
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   page, v. t.
   To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   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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   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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   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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   Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history.
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   (Print.) The type set up for printing a page.
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   Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Paging .] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.
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