Look up: hornbook

1. hornbook
   A child's primer, made of parchment, mounted on a board with a handle, protected by a transparent plate made of horn.
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2. Hornbook
   Horn'book` noun 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, dig...
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3. hornbook
   noun a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge
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4. Hornbook
   • (n.) A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook. • (n.) 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...
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5. hornbook
   form of children`s primer common in both England and America from the late 16th to the late 18th century. A sheet containing the letters of the ...
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6. hornbook
   hornbook, primer of a kind in use from the 15th to the 18th cent. On one side of a sheet of parchment or paper the matter to be learned was written or printed; over the sheet, for its protection, a transparent sheet of horn was placed; and the two were fastened to a thin board, which usually project...
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7. Hornbook
   A book which details a specific area of law that is written by a pre-eminent authority on the subject.
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8. Hornbook
   A hornbook was a piece of wood, with a handle, onto which was pasted or placed a piece of paper containing the alphabet, nine digits and the Lord's Prayer. The paper was covered with a thin film of transparent horn (whence the name). This device was formerly used by children to learn to read, and we...
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9. Hornbook
   holding a hornbook, 1661. From Tuer’s History of the Horn-Book. A `hornbook` is a book that serves as primer for study. The hornbook originated in England in 1450 (Huey, Edmund Burke). The term has been applied to a few different study materials in different fields. In children`s educa...
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10. Hornbook
    (law) In United States legal education, `hornbooks` are one-volume legal treatises, written primarily for law students on subjects typically covered by law school courses. Hornbooks summarize and explain the law in a specific area. They are distinct from casebooks, which are collections of ca...
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