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De - Pt| English Dictionary: hornbook | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for hornbook | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hornbook \Horn"book`\, n. 1. The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer. [bd]He teaches boys the hornbook.[b8] --Shak. 2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. | |
