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hornbook |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. ``He teaches boys the hornbook.'' --Shak. 2. A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
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