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Oak. [Obs.] "A branched ook." Chaucer.

To brook; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.

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

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.

Crookedly. [R.] Udall.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.

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

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.