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/pˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Paging n. The marking or numbering of the pages of a book.

verb

page v. t.

To attend (one) as a page. (Obs.)

To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.

To call a person on a pager.

Page v. t. (past & past part. paged; pres. part. paging) To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.

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Etymology of 'Paging'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Paging" Quotes from Famous Books

... sometime President of the Folklore Society, and other kind correspondents, to all of whom I am grateful. Naturally, the opportunity has been taken to revise the wording throughout and to eliminate misprints and typographical defects. The Index has been recast so as to suit the changed paging and to include ...

— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... a lot of questions that neither one of us knew the answer to. It sort of helped pass the time. And we certainly did do a thorough job of paging, for we cruised in and out of every little cove, and around every point we came to; and I kept the horn goin' until I was as shy on breath as a fat lady comin' ...

— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford

... the Impromptu which you have issued with the paper [Gazette musicals] of July 9, there is a confusion in the paging, which makes my composition unintelligible. Though I cannot at all pretend to taking the pains which our friend Moscheles bestows on his works, I consider myself, however, with regard to your subscribers, in duty bound to ask you on this occasion ...

— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks

... the world like paging a gorilla," chuckled Locke. They went aft and stood by Marjorie, and Shanghai Tom looked out from the cabin door, white-capped and white-aproned, and a ...

— Isle o' Dreams • Frederick F. Moore

... paper, and all other sheets than the first should have a margin of an inch at the top. The side margins are necessary for the corrections of the copy editors; the margins at the bottom are for convenience in pasting the sheets together; and the top margins are necessary for paging. ...

— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer