hornbook
Noun
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Noun
hornbook (plural hornbooks)
- A single page containing the alphabet, covered with a sheet of transparent horn, formerly used for teaching children to read.
- 1696, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
- Moth: Yes, yes. He teaches boys the hornbook.
- a. 1828, Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, A Dictionary of the English Language, page 351,
- HORNBOOK, (horn'-book) n. The first book of children, covered with horn to keep it unsoiled.
- 1913, Katharine Lee Bates, Lilla Weed, Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography and Biographical Notes, page 41
- By way of the hornbook Shakespeare would have learned to read, […]
- 1696, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
- (legal) A legal textbook that gives a basic overview of a particular area of law.
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