Definition of book

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Book (v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater..

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Foxed :: Foxed (a.) Discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings..
Folio :: Folio (n.) A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number..
Student :: Student (n.) A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student..
Booking Office :: Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship..
Concordance :: Concordance (n.) A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.
Read :: Read (a.) Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters..
Plough :: Plough (n.) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.
Above-cited :: Above-cited (a.) Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet..
Busy :: Busy (v. t.) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books..
Purana :: Purana (n.) One of a class of sacred Hindoo poetical works in the Sanskrit language which treat of the creation, destruction, and renovation of worlds, the genealogy and achievements of gods and heroes, the reigns of the Manus, and the transactions of their descendants. The principal Puranas are eighteen in number, and there are the same number of supplementary books called Upa Puranas..
Account Book :: Account book () A book in which accounts are kept.
Marginally :: Marginally (adv.) In the margin of a book.
Vigesimo-quarto :: Vigesimo-quarto (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24?..
Bookselling :: Bookselling (n.) The employment of selling books.
Numbers :: Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews..
Lectionary :: Lectionary (n.) A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service..
Concordance :: Concordance (n.) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church..
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