'Stichometry' definitions:

Definition of 'Stichometry'

From: GCIDE

Stichometry \Stich*om"e*try\, n. [Gr. ? a line + -metry.]
1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. [1913 Webster]
2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. [1913 Webster]