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A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.

imp. of Strike. Dryden.

A genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp. thoroughbreds.

A tablet; a notebook. Put into your tablebook whatever you judge worthly. Dryden.

A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it. [India]

A proprietor of a talook. [India]

A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.

imp. of Take.

Not written in a book; unrecorded. "UnbookedEnglish life." Masson.

imp. of Undertake.

To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

To recall or retract, as a look. [R.] Richardson.

Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for. "Unlooked success." Denham. She comes unlooked for, if she comes at all. Pope.

Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.

Without nooks and corners; guileless. [Obs.] "Unnooked simplicity." Marston.

To look or gaze up. [Obs.]

A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.

A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.

Woke. Chaucer.