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Book

Book (?), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. bc; akin to Goth. bka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. bk, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. bk, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. bc, bce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. Beech.]
1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.&hand; When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet.&hand; It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns.Abbott.
2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.Milton.
3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.&hand; Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.Book account, an account or register of debt or credit in a book. -- Book debt, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts. -- Book learning, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. "Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false." Burnet. -- Book louse (Zo'94l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the Pseudoneuroptera. -- Book moth (Zo'94l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv'91 of which eat books. -- Book oath, an oath made on The Book, or Bible. -- The Book of Books, the Bible. -- Book post, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail. -- Book scorpion (Zo'94l.), one of the false scorpions (Chelifer cancroides) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects. -- Book stall, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books. -- Canonical books. See Canonical. -- In one's books, in one's favor. "I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp." Addison. -- To bring to book. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it manifestly to book is impossible." M. Arnold. -- To course by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell. -- To make a book (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses. -- To speak by the book, to speak with minute exactness. -- Without book. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority.

Book, v. t. [imp & p. p. Booked (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Booking.]
1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list.Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds.Shak.
2. 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.
3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.]Here I am booked for three days more in Paris.Charles Reade.

The noun Book has 11 senses

1. book, volume -- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
2. book -- a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
3. book -- a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"
4. book -- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
5. Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book -- the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
6. book -- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"
7. ledger, leger, account_book, book_of_account, book -- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
8. record, record_book, book -- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
9. script, book, playscript -- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
10. book, rule_book -- a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"
11. Bible, Christian_Bible, Book, Good_Book, Holy_Scripture, Holy_Writ, Scripture, Word_of_God, Word -- the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"

The verb Book has 4 senses

1. book -- engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
2. reserve,hold,book -- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
3. book -- record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
4. book -- register in a hotel booker
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