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Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.

The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.

asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer- ). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e., burst in two, or asunder. -- All along. See under Along. -- All and some, individ…

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, co…

a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scaliger, Johnsoniana of Johnson, etc.

A treatise or book on anatomy.

illiam the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows and other openings which have been enjoined without molestation for more than twenty years. In England, and in some of the United States, they acquire a prescriptive rig…

A yearbook.

A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.

Antidotal. -- n. Antidote; also, a book of antidotes.

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Hom…

A book of antiphons or anthems.

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

A book of antiphons. Chaucer.

; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.

thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

e on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.