book

book
    n 1: a written work or composition that has been published
         (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good
         book on economics"
    2: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound
       together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: {book},
       {volume}]
    3: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or
       someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'";
       "his name is in all the record books" [syn: {record}, {record
       book}, {book}]
    4: a written version of a play or other dramatic composition;
       used in preparing for a performance [syn: {script}, {book},
       {playscript}]
    5: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got
       a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: {ledger}, {leger},
       {account book}, {book of account}, {book}]
    6: a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card
       game
    7: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of
       which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around
       here" [syn: {book}, {rule book}]
    8: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
       Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: {Koran},
       {Quran}, {al-Qur'an}, {Book}]
    9: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to
       carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: {Bible}, {Christian
       Bible}, {Book}, {Good Book}, {Holy Scripture}, {Holy Writ},
       {Scripture}, {Word of God}, {Word}]
    10: a major division of a long written composition; "the book of
        Isaiah"
    11: a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on
        one edge; "he bought a book of stamps"
    v 1: engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for
         several concerts in Tokyo"
    2: arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in
       advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked
       tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a
       table at Maxim's" [syn: {reserve}, {hold}, {book}]
    3: record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked
       her when she tried to solicit a man"
    4: register in a hotel booker
    

Rhapsody \Rhap"so*dy\, n.; pl. {Rhapsodies}. [F. rhapsodie, L.
   rhapsodia, Gr. "rapsw,di`a, fr. "rapsw,do`s a rhapsodist;
   "ra`ptein to sew, stitch together, unite + 'w,dh` a song. See
   {Ode}.]
   1. A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic
      poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one
      time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; --
      called also a {book}.
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   2. A disconnected series of sentences or statements composed
      under excitement, and without dependence or natural
      connection; rambling composition. "A rhapsody of words."
      --Shak. "A rhapsody of tales." --Locke.
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   3. (Mus.) A composition irregular in form, like an
      improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsodies."
      [1913 Webster] Rhatany
    

Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.]
   1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
      cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
      and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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   Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
         have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
         tin.
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   {The Liberty Bell}, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
      House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
      the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
      been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim
      liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
      thereof."
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   2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
      ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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   3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
      flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.
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   4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
      between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
      naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
      within the leafage of a capital.
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   5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
      or the time so designated.
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   Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
         eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
         it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
         every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
         increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
         which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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   {To bear away the bell}, to win the prize at a race where the
      prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
      --Fuller.

   {To bear the bell}, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
      to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
      team or drove, when wearing a bell.

   {To curse by bell}, {book}, {and candle}, a solemn form of
      excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
      bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
      being used, and three candles being extinguished with
      certain ceremonies. --Nares.

   {To lose the bell}, to be worsted in a contest. "In single
      fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.

   {To shake the bells}, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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   Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
         bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
         bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
         self-explaining.
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   {Bell arch} (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
      curve of an ogee.

   {Bell cage}, or {Bell carriage} (Arch.), a timber frame
      constructed to carry one or more large bells.

   {Bell cot} (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
      frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
      used to contain and support one or more bells.

   {Bell deck} (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
      roof to the rooms below.

   {Bell founder}, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
      bells.

   {Bell foundry}, or {Bell foundery}, a place where bells are
      founded or cast.

   {Bell gable} (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
      pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
      bells.

   {Bell glass}. See {Bell jar}.

   {Bell hanger}, a man who hangs or puts up bells.

   {Bell pull}, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
      or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
      --Aytoun.

   {Bell punch}, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
      when used.

   {Bell ringer}, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
      business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
      musical bells for public entertainment.

   {Bell roof} (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
      lines of a bell.

   {Bell rope}, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
      

   {Bell tent}, a circular conical-topped tent.

   {Bell trap}, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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Book \Book\ (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to
   Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k,
   Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch;
   and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient
   Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of
   beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.]
   1. 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.
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   Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed,
         the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a
         volume of some size, from a pamphlet.
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   Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book
         is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound
         together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music
         or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott.
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   2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
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            A good book is the precious life blood of a master
            spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a
            life beyond life.                     --Milton.
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   3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as,
      the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
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   4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are
      kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and
      expenditures, etc.; -- often used in the plural; as, they
      got a subpoena to examine our books.

   Syn: ledger, leger, account book, book of account. [1913
        Webster + WordNet 1.5]

   5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of bridge or
      whist, being the minimum number of tricks that must be
      taken before any additional tricks are counted as part of
      the score for that hand; in certain other games, two or
      more corresponding cards, forming a set.
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   6. (Drama) a written version of a play or other dramatic
      composition; -- used in preparing for a performance.

   Syn: script, playscript.
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   7. a set of paper objects (tickets, stamps, matches, checks
      etc.) bound together by one edge, like a book; as, he
      bought a book of stamps.
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   8. a book or list, actual or hypothetical, containing records
      of the best performances in some endeavor; a recordbook;
      -- used in the phrase

   {one for the book} or

   {one for the books}.

   Syn: record, recordbook.
        [PJC]

   9. (Sport) the set of facts about an athlete's performance,
      such as typical performance or playing habits or methods,
      that are accumulated by potential opponents as an aid in
      deciding how best to compete against that athlete; as, the
      book on Ted Williams suggests pitching to him low and
      outside.
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   10. (Finance) same as {book value}.
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   11. (Stock market) the list of current buy and sell orders
       maintained by a stock market specialist.
       [PJC]

   12. (Commerce) the purchase orders still outstanding and
       unfilled on a company's ledger; as, book to bill ratio.
       [PJC]

   Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many
         compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book
         lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.
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   {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a
      book.

   {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the
      creditor in his book of accounts.

   {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as
      distinguished from practical knowledge. "Neither does it
      so much require book learning and scholarship, as good
      natural sense, to distinguish true and false." --Burnet.

   {Book louse} (Zool.), one of several species of minute,
      wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They
      belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}.

   {Book moth} (Zool.), the name of several species of moths,
      the larv[ae] of which eat books.

   {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible.

   {The Book of Books}, the Bible.

   {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts,
      etc., may be transmitted by mail.

   {Book scorpion} (Zool.), one of the false scorpions
      ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It
      can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.
      

   {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for
      retailing books.

   {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}.

   {In one's books}, in one's favor. "I was so much in his
      books, that at his decease he left me his lamp."
      --Addison.

   {To bring to book}.
       (a) To compel to give an account.
       (b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it
           manifestly to book is impossible." --M. Arnold.

   {by the book}, according to standard procedures; using the
      correct or usual methods.

   {cook the books}, make fallacious entries in or otherwise
      manipulate a financial record book for fraudulent
      purposes.

   {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}.

   {To make book} (Horse Racing), to conduct a business of
      accepting or placing bets from others on horse races.

   {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a
      pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that
      the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and
      loses only on the winning horse or horses.

   {off the books}, not recorded in the official financial
      records of a business; -- usually used of payments made in
      cash to fraudulently avoid payment of taxes or of
      employment benefits.

   {one for the book}, {one for the books}, something
      extraordinary, such as a record-breaking performance or a
      remarkable accomplishment.

   {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness.

   {to throw the book at}, to impose the maximum fine or penalty
      for an offense; -- usually used of judges imposing
      penalties for criminal acts.

   {Without book}.
       (a) By memory.
       (b) Without authority.

   {to write the book}, to be the leading authority in a field;
      -- usually used in the past tense; as, he's not just an
      average expert, he wrote the book.
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Book \Book\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Booked} (b[oo^]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Booking}.]
   1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
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            Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose
      of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve[2];
      also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be
      booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to
      book a reservation at a restaurant.
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   3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is
      booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.]
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            Here I am booked for three days more in Paris.
                                                  --Charles
                                                  Reade.
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   4. to make an official record of a charge against (a suspect
      in a crime); -- performed by police.
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Book
This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old
Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _sepher_, which
properly means a "writing," and then a "volume" (Ex. 17:14;
Deut. 28:58; 29:20; Job 19:23) or "roll of a book" (Jer. 36:2,
4).

  Books were originally written on skins, on linen or cotton
cloth, and on Egyptian papyrus, whence our word "paper." The
leaves of the book were generally written in columns, designated
by a Hebrew word properly meaning "doors" and "valves" (Jer.
36:23, R.V., marg. "columns").

  Among the Hebrews books were generally rolled up like our
maps, or if very long they were rolled from both ends, forming
two rolls (Luke 4:17-20). Thus they were arranged when the
writing was on flexible materials; but if the writing was on
tablets of wood or brass or lead, then the several tablets were
bound together by rings through which a rod was passed.

  A sealed book is one whose contents are secret (Isa. 29:11;
Rev. 5:1-3). To "eat" a book (Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8-10; 3:1-3;
Rev. 10:9) is to study its contents carefully.

  The book of judgment (Dan. 7:10) refers to the method of human
courts of justice as illustrating the proceedings which will
take place at the day of God's final judgment.
The book of the wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14), the book of
Jasher (Josh. 10:13), and the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Judah and Israel (2 Chr. 25:26), were probably ancient
documents known to the Hebrews, but not forming a part of the
canon.

  The book of life (Ps. 69:28) suggests the idea that as the
redeemed form a community or citizenship (Phil. 3:20; 4:3), a
catalogue of the citizens' names is preserved (Luke 10:20; Rev.
20:15). Their names are registered in heaven (Luke 10:20; Rev.
3:5).

  The book of the covenant (Ex. 24:7), containing Ex.
20:22-23:33, is the first book actually mentioned as a part of
the written word. It contains a series of laws, civil, social,
and religious, given to Moses at Sinai immediately after the
delivery of the decalogue. These were written in this "book."
    

BOOK. A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; 
but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume. 
     2. The copyright, (q. v.) or exclusive right to print and publish a 
book, may be secured to the author and his assigns for the term of twenty-
eight years; and, if the author be living, and a citizen of the United 
States, or resident therein, the same right shall be continued to him for 
the further term of fourteen years, by complying with the conditions of the 
act of Congress; one of which is, that he shall, within three months after 
publication, deliver, or cause to be delivered, a copy of the same to the 
clerk of the said district. Act of February 3, 1831. 4 Sharsw. cont. of 
Story's L. U. S. 2223. 
    

265 Moby Thesaurus words for "book":
      Holy Writ, Scripture, Spenserian stanza, accuse, airing, allege,
      ante, antistrophe, arraign, article, back matter, balance,
      balance the books, bandying, bespeak, bet, bill, booklet, brief,
      bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, broadcast,
      broadcasting, brochure, bruiting, bruiting about, budget, burden,
      calendar, canto, capitalize, carry, carry over, carve,
      cast up accounts, catalog, chalk, chalk up, chapter, charge,
      charge off, check in, chorus, chronicle, chunk, circulation, cite,
      clause, close out, close the books, codex, column, compendium,
      complain, continuity, couplet, credit, cue, cut, debit, denounce,
      denunciate, diffusion, display, dissemination, distich, docket,
      earmark, employ, engage, engrave, enlist, enroll, enscroll, enter,
      enumerate, envoi, epode, evulgation, fascicle, fasten on,
      fasten upon, file, fill out, finger, folder, folio, front matter,
      gathering, grave, handbook, hang something on, hazard, heptastich,
      hexastich, hire, impanel, impeach, imply, impute, incise, index,
      indict, inform against, inform on, inscribe, insert, insinuate,
      installment, inventory, issuance, issue, itemize, jot down,
      journalize, keep books, keep score, laws, lay charges, leaflet,
      libretto, line, line up, lines, list, livraison, lodge a complaint,
      lodge a plaint, log, lyrics, magazine, make a memorandum,
      make a note, make an entry, make out, manual, mark down,
      matriculate, measure, minute, monograph, monostich, note,
      note down, novel, number, octastich, octave, octet, order,
      ottava rima, page, pamphlet, paperback, paragraph, parlay, part,
      passage, pentastich, periodical, phrase, pigeonhole, pin on,
      place upon record, play, playbook, poll, post, post up, preengage,
      prefer charges, press charges, printing, program, promulgation,
      propagation, publication, publishing, put down, put in writing,
      put on paper, put on report, put on tape, quatrain, record,
      recruit, reduce to writing, refrain, register, regulations, report,
      reproach, reserve, retain, rhyme royal, scenario, scene plot,
      schedule, score, script, scroll, section, sentence, septet, serial,
      sestet, set down, sextet, sheet, shooting script, shot, side,
      sign on, sign up, sign up for, signature, slate, soft-cover,
      spread, spreading, spreading abroad, stake, stanza, stave, strain,
      strike a balance, strophe, syllable, tabulate, take down,
      take into employment, take on, take to task, tally, tape,
      tape-record, task, taunt with, tax, telecasting, tercet,
      terza rima, tetrastich, text, textbook, ticket, tome, tract,
      treatise, triplet, tristich, twit, ventilation, verse, videotape,
      volume, wager, words, work, write, write down, write in, write out,
      write up