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boustrophedon
CIDE DICTIONARY
boustrophedon, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
boustrophedon, adj. & adv. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines.
Etymology
Gk (adv.) = as an ox turns in ploughing f. bous ox + -strophos turning
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