BOOK

1. A general designation applied to any literary composition which is printed, but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume. 2. A bound volume consisting of sheets of paper, not printed, but containing manu- script entries; such as a merchant's account- books, dockets of courts, etc. 3. A name often given to the largest subdi- visions of a treatise or other literary compo- sition. 4. In practice, the name of "book" is given to several of the more important papers pre- pared in the progress of a cause, though en- tirely written, and not at all in the book form; chancery kept to enter all non-entry and re- lief duties payable by heirs who take precepts from chancery. Land,

A general name given to every literary composition which is printed, but

A most ancient record made in the express stipulation as to the time that the time of William the Conqueror, and now reservice is to last; and when the terms are maining in the exchequer fair and legible, consisting of two volumes, a greater and lesser; the not otherwise defined, the contract is thus greater containing a survey of all the lands in understood, that either party may deterEngland, except the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, and part of Lancashire, which, it is said, were never veyed; and excepting Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, which three last are comprehended in the lesser volume. There is also a third book, which differs from the others in forin more than in matter, made by command of the same king. And there is a fourth book kept in the exchequer, which is called "domesday," and, though a very large volume, is only an abridgment of the others. Likewise a fifth book is kept in the remembrancer's office in the exchequer, which has the name of domesday, and is the same as the fourth above mentioned. Our ancestors had many dome-books. The question whether lands are ancient demesne or not is to be decided by the domesday of Will. I., whence there is no appeal. The addition of "day" to this domebook, was not meant for an allusion to the final day of judgment, as most persons have conceived, but was to strengthen and confirm it, and signifies the judicial decisive record or book of dooming justice and judgment. (Spel. Gloss.; 1 Reeves Hist. Eng. Law 219.)-Wharton. DOMESMEN.--An inferior kind of judges. Men appointed to doom (judge) and determine matters in controversy. Cowell; Jacob. Suitors a court of a manor in ancient demesne, who in are judges there.-Termes de la Ley. DOMESTIC ANIMALS, (what are). 2 Allen (Mass.) 207, 209. DOORS OF ALL THE CHURCHES, (in statute, means principal door of each church). Wilberf. Stat. L. 129. DORMANT.-Sleeping; inactive; in abeyance; unknown.

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. 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 part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost." A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

To enter, write, or register in a book or list. Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds. Shak. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.] Here I am booked for three days more in Paris. Charles Reade.

A surname.

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. | A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book. | A major division of a long work. | A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). | A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant. | A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. | The script of a musical or opera. | Records of the accounts of a business. | A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement). | Six tricks taken by one side. | Four of a kind. | A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game. | A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. | The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season. | A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in. | The twenty-sixth Lenormand card. | Any source of instruction. | The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps. | A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry. | The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame. | A package of silk.