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Bible Dictionaries
Book
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
(2):
(n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
(3):
(n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
(4):
(n.) A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(v. t.) To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.
(7):
(v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
(8):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Book'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/book.html. 1828.
