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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Quotation :: Quotation (n.) That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge..
Colportage :: Colportage (n.) The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs..
Authorship :: Authorship (n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs..
Overbookish :: Overbookish (a.) Excessively bookish.
Scripture :: Scripture (n.) The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural..
Hexateuch :: Hexateuch (n.) The first six books of the Old Testament.
Handbook :: Handbook (n.) A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures..
Postiler :: Postiler (n.) One who writers marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin.
Enlimn :: Enlimn (v. t.) To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript..
Pagination :: Pagination (n.) The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number..
Publication :: Publication (n.) The act of offering a book, pamphlet, engraving, etc., to the public by sale or by gratuitous distribution..
Pronouncer :: Pronouncer (n.) One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book..
Bookmate :: Bookmate (n.) A schoolfellow; an associate in study.
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
Job :: Job (n.) The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the typical patient man.
Blotter :: Blotter (n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end..
Whatnot :: Whatnot (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere..
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