Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score.
11.
a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
12.
anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature.
13.
Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, esp. in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.
14.
Stock Exchange.
a.
the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house.
b.
a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices.
in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He's in the boss's bad books.
41.
in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he's not to be trusted.
42.
in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone.
43.
like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book.
44.
make book,
a.
to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, esp. as a business.
b.
to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won't arrive in time.
45.
off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books.
46.
one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book.
47.
on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books.
48.
throw the book at, Informal.
a.
to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person.
b.
to punish or chide severely.
49.
without book,
a.
from memory.
b.
without authority: to punish without book.
50.
write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE bōc; c. D boek, ON bōk, G Buch; akin to Goth boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed]
A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
A printed or written literary work.
A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.
A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
A libretto.
The script of a play.
The Bible.
The Koran.
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
A libretto.
The script of a play.
The Bible.
The Koran.
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
A libretto.
The script of a play.
The Bible.
The Koran.
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
Book
The Bible.
The Koran.
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
A packet of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.
A record of bets placed on a race.
Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.
v.
booked, book·ing, books
v.
tr.
To list or register in or as if in a book.
To record charges against (a person) on a police blotter.
Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.
To arrange for (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.
To hire or engage: The manager booked a magic show for Saturday night.
To allocate time for.
v.
intr.
To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.
adj.
Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts.
Appearing in a company's financial records: book profits.
[Middle English bok, from Old English bōc; see bhāgo- in Indo-European roots.]
book'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.
Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bōk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bōc, from Germanic *bōk-ō, "written document, book." The Old English form of beech is bēce, from Germanic *bōk-jōn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark"—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.
O.E. boc, traditionally from P.Gmc. *bokiz "beech" (cf. Ger. Buch "book" Buche "beech;" the notion being of beechwood tablets on which runes were inscribed), but may be from the tree itself (people still carve initials in them). The O.E. originally meant any written document. Latin and Sanskrit also have words for "writing" that are based on tree names ("birch" and "ash," respectively). Meaning "libretto of an opera" is from 1768. Verb meaning "to enter for a seat or place, issue (railway) tickets" is from 1841; "to engage a performer as a guest" is from 1872. Booklet, with dim. suffix, first recorded 1859. A betting book is from 1856; bookmaker in the wagering sense is from 1862; shortened form bookie is attested from 1885.
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"
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]
4.
a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: script]
5.
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger]
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"
8.
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran]
9.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible]
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"
verb
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]
3.
record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
Beech\, n.; pl. Beeches. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See Book, and cf. 7th Buck, Buckwheat.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Fagus. Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The Fagus sylvatica is the European species, and the F. ferruginea that of America. Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana). Beech marten (Zo["o]l.), the stone marten of Europe (Mustela foina). Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. Beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. Cooper beech, a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.
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. Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and tin. 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." 2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose ball which causes it to sound when moved. 3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak. 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. 5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time; or the time so designated. 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. 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. 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. 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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