| Pronunciation: | | `boostru'feedn
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[n] an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally"as the ox ploughs" |
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BOUSTROPHEDON is a 13 letter word that starts with B. |
| | See Also: | | orthography, writing system |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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