Definitions for: Hornbook

Webster (1913) Definition: Horn"book`, n.
1. The first book for children, or that from which in former
times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so
called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin
board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet,
digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or
printed; a primer. ``He teaches boys the hornbook.''
--Shak.

2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch
of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.

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