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What's The Definition Of Mo?

\Mo\, a., adv., & n. [Written also {moe}.] [AS. m[=a]. See {More}.] More; -- usually, more in number. [Obs.] An hundred thousand mo. --Chaucer. Likely to find mo to commend than to imitate it. --Fuller.
\-mo\ A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16[deg], 18[deg], etc.