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Definitions for: Book
[n] physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
[n] a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
[n] a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah"
[n] a copy of a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"
[n] the sacred writings of the Christian religion; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
[n] sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters
[n] 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 recordbooks"
[n] a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
[n] a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here"
[n] a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"
[v] engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
[v] record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
[v] 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"
[v] register in a hotel booker
Webster (1913) Definition: Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to
Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k,
Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch;
and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, 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.
Note: 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.
Note: 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.
Note: 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["o]l.), one of several species of minute,
wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They
belong to the Pseudoneuroptera.
Book moth (Zo["o]l.), the name of several species of moths,
the larv[ae] 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["o]l.), 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 curse 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.
Synonyms: account book, Bible, book of account, Good Book, hold, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Koran, ledger, leger, playscript, Quran, record, recordbook, reserve, rule book, script, Scripture, volume, Word, Word of God
See Also: accounting, accounting system, accumulation, Acts, Acts of the Apostles, aggregation, album, American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Apocalypse, appointment book, appointment calendar, assemblage, authority, Authorized Version, back, bespeak, bestiary, binding, book binding, book of facts, Book of Revelations, booklet, brochure, call for, Capital, card, catalog, catalogue, catechism, coffee-table book, collection, continuity, copybook, cost ledger, cover, Das Kapital, daybook, Deuteronomy, dialog, dialogue, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, dramatic composition, dramatic work, enter, Esther, Exodus, fact, family Bible, fine, folder, folio, general ledger, Genesis, Gospel According to John, Gospel According to Luke, Gospel According to Mark, Gospel According to Matthew, Gospel of Luke, hardback, hardcover, I Samuel, II Samuel, Jeremiah, Job, John, Jonah, Joshua, Josue, journal, journal, Judges, King James Bible, King James Version, leaflet, Leviticus, libretto, logbook, Luke, Mark, Matthew, method of accounting, New English Bible, New Latin Utopia, New Testament, notebook, novel, Numbers, Old Testament, order book, pamphlet, paperback, paperback book, phrase book, picture book, prayer book, prayerbook, prescript, procure, product, production, prompt copy, promptbook, publication, put down, quest, record, record, reference, reference book, reference work, register, religious text, religious writing, request, Revelation, review copy, Revised Standard Version, Revised Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version, rule, running head, running headline, Ruth, sacred text, sacred writing, scenario, schedule, school text, schoolbook, scorecard, screenplay, section, secure, shooting script, signature, sketch pad, sketchblock, sketchbook, softback, softback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, songbook, subdivision, subsidiary ledger, Testament, text, text edition, textbook, textual matter, ticket, tome, trade book, trade edition, Utopia, Vulgate, won-lost record, workbook
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