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Boustrophedon
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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boustrophedon
1783, ancient form of writing with lines alternately written left-to-right and right-to-left, from Gk., lit. "turning as an ox in plowing," from bous "ox" + strephein "to turn" (see strophe).
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boustrophedon
the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right and the next from right to left. Some Etruscan texts are written in boustrophedon style, as are some Greek ones of about the 6th century BC. The word is from the Greek boustrophedon, meaning literally "to turn like oxen" (in plowing).
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