v. t. [ Pref. a- + brook, v. ] To brook; to endure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An A-B-C book; a primer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; distributed from Arabia to Africa.
Syn. -- Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Crookedly. [ R. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. advocare. See Advocate. ] To summon; to call. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Queen Katharine had privately prevailed with the pope to advoke the cause to Rome. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + ky`anos blue. ] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; bearing males; &unr_; a male + &unr_; a bringing forth. ] (Zool.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. articiocco, perh. corrupted fr. the same word as carciofo; cf. older spellings archiciocco, archicioffo, carciocco, and Sp. alcachofa, Pg. alcachofra; prob. fr. Ar. al-harshaf, al-kharshūf. ] (Bot.) 1. The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Jerusalem artichoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; barren; 'a priv. + &unr_; offspring. ] (Zool.) Producing only asexual individuals, as the eggs of certain annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; auto- + Gr. &unr_; motion. ] (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Auto- + kinetic. ] Self-moving; moving automatically. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ Cf. Avocate. ] To call from or back again. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back. It is usually executed with backward-moving circular arm strokes and a flutter kick. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Thailand. Population (2000) = 5, 882, 000. [ PJC ]

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A mnemonic word. ] (Logic) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. basilicoc. ] The basilisk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To foul with smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To harden or dry in smoke. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bespeak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as made-to-order; -- of clothing.
Syn. -- bespoke, custom, made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. bound by an agreement to become married to someone.
Syn. -- affianced, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betokened p. pr. & vb. n. Betokening. ] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . .
Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To presage; portend; indicate; mark; note. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Betake. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. more pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion. better-looking than her sister
Syn. -- fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Com.) A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives. [ 1913 Webster ]

One who negotiates the discount of bills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bill + hook. ] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Any book which treats of necromancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A book containing a black list. [ PJC ]

8. A book kept by a single man, containing a list of women whom he calls occasionally for a social date; -- usually used in the phrase little black book. [ jocose ] [ PJC ]

‖n. [ D. blauwbok. ] (Zool.) The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D., fr. bles a white spot on the forehead + bok buck. ] (Zool.) A South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead. [ 1913 Webster ]

A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. coup de sang. ] Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The United States official “Biennial Register.” [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. bōcland; bōc book + land land. ] (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Cerberus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To poke; to thrust. [ Obs. or Dial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck. ] (Zool.) The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. book, bok, AS. bōc; akin to Goth. bōka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. bōk, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. bōk, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. bōc, bēce, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of “Paradise Lost.” [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.; -- often used in the plural; as, they got a subpoena to examine our books.
Syn. -- ledger, leger, account book, book of account. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of bridge or whist, being the minimum number of tricks that must be taken before any additional tricks are counted as part of the score for that hand; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

6. (Drama) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; -- used in preparing for a performance. Syn. -- script, playscript. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. a set of paper objects (tickets, stamps, matches, checks etc.) bound together by one edge, like a book; as, he bought a book of stamps. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

8. a book or list, actual or hypothetical, containing records of the best performances in some endeavor; a recordbook; -- used in the phrase
one for the book or
one for the books. Syn. -- record, recordbook. [ PJC ]

9. (Sport) the set of facts about an athlete's performance, such as typical performance or playing habits or methods, that are accumulated by potential opponents as an aid in deciding how best to compete against that athlete; as, the book on Ted Williams suggests pitching to him low and outside. [ PJC ]

10. (Finance) same as book value. [ PJC ]

11. (Stock market) the list of current buy and sell orders maintained by a stock market specialist. [ PJC ]

12. (Commerce) the purchase orders still outstanding and unfilled on a company's ledger; as, book to bill ratio. [ PJC ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 (Zool.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the Pseudoneuroptera. --
Book moth (Zool.), the name of several species of moths, the larvæ 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 (Zool.), 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. --
by the book, according to standard procedures; using the correct or usual methods. --
cook the books, make fallacious entries in or otherwise manipulate a financial record book for fraudulent purposes. --
To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell. --
To make book (Horse Racing), to conduct a business of accepting or placing bets from others on horse races. --
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. --
off the books, not recorded in the official financial records of a business; -- usually used of payments made in cash to fraudulently avoid payment of taxes or of employment benefits. --
one for the book,
one for the books, something extraordinary, such as a record-breaking performance or a remarkable accomplishment. --
To speak by the book, to speak with minute exactness. --
to throw the book at, to impose the maximum fine or penalty for an offense; -- usually used of judges imposing penalties for criminal acts. --
Without book. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority. --
to write the book, to be the leading authority in a field; -- usually used in the past tense; as, he's not just an average expert, he wrote the book. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Booked p. pr. & vb. n. Booking. ] 1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve{ 2 }; also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to book a reservation at a restaurant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here I am booked for three days more in Paris. Charles Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make an official record of a charge against (a suspect in a crime); -- performed by police. [ PJC ]

adj. subject to being reserved or booked. all seats bookable in advance
Syn. -- reservable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One whose occupation is to bind books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for binding books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, process, or business of binding books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Authorship; literary skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Registered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On the way; destined. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. reserved in advance; held for future use. See reserve{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. A support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak. -- a. Filled with book learning. [ R. ] “The bookful blockhead.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]