Average Book Length: Guess How Many Words Are In A Novel. According to Amazonâs great Text Stats feature, the median length for all books is about 64,000 words. The figure was found through looking at a number of booksâ text stats, until Brave New Worldâs 64,531 word count landed in the exact center of all booksâ50% of books have fewer words and 50% of books have more words.
To gird or surround with a surcingle, as a horse. To secure by means of a surcingle, as a blanket or the saddle. n. A girth for a horse; especially, a girth separate from the saddle and passing around the body of the horse, retaining in place a blanket, a sheet, or the like, by passing over it. n. The girdle with which a garment, especially a cassock, is fastened.
Full Definition of PERUSE. transitive verb. 1. a: to examine or consider with attention and in detail: study b: to look over or through in a casual or cursory manner.2. : read; especially: to read over in an attentive or leisurely manner. â peÂ·rusÂ·al \-Ërue-ËrÃ¼\ zÉl. â nounÂ·peÂ·rus er. noun To refresh my memory of the old days, I asked for some Dailies of the thirties from the morgue, sat down at the large round oak table at the end of the editorial room on the second floor, and began riffling through the musty pages.