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Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.

The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.

Stupid; dull.

Same as Buddha. Malcom.

Same as Buddhism.

Same as Buddhist.

The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett.

The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.

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.

A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.

Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in a disparaging sense.] Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden.

One whose occupation is to bind books.

A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for binding books.

The art, process, or business of binding books.

A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors.

Authorship; literary skill.

Registered.

One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper.

As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak. -- a.