[a. F. fascicule, ad. L. fasciculus: see FASCICULUS.]

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  † 1.  (See quot.) Obs.

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1699.  Evelyn, Acetaria (1729), 152. Fascicule, a reasonable full Gripe, a Handful.

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  2.  = FASCICLE 2, FASCICULUS 2.

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1880.  G. Allen, in The Academy, XVII., 24 Jan., 58/2. Mr. Spencer will obtain more readers for separate fascicules … than he is likely to find for his thicker volumes.

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1880.  Nature, XXI. 453/1. The entire work will form three large octavo volumes in double column, which will appear by fascicules of 300 to 400 pages.

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  3.  = FASCICULUS 1 c.

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1745.  Parsons, Muscular Motion, i. 22. Many Filaments, or tendinous Fibres, which are parallel to one another in every little Bundle or Fascicule.

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