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Boustrophedon

Boustrophedon Meaning & Definition
Boustrophedon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Boustrophedon?

[n] an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally"as the ox ploughs"

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Boustrophedon In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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