Definition of book

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Book (n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of Paradise Lost..

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Originally :: Originally (adv.) At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand..
Joe Miller :: Joe Miller () A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.
Travel :: Travel (n.) An account, by a traveler, of occurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy..
Bookworm :: Bookworm (n.) A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book..
Bible :: Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible..
Writing :: Writing (n.) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison..
Needlebook :: Needlebook (n.) A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck..
Paralipomenon :: Paralipomenon (n. pl.) A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
Duodecimo :: Duodecimo (n.) A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12¡..
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement..
Tobit :: Tobit (n.) A book of the Apocrypha.
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) the book itself.
Abstract :: Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet..
Octodecimo :: Octodecimo (n.) A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eighteen leaves; hence; indicating more or less definitely a size of book, whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 18mo or 18¡, and called eighteenmo..
Marble-edged :: Marble-edged (a.) Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book..
Coronis :: Coronis (n.) The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end..
Pontifical :: Pontifical (n.) A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff..
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