Word Meanings - HORNBOOK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• FIRSTHAND
  Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.
• Calliopsis
  A popular name given to a few species of the genus Coreopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.
• Callow
  Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
• Covert baron
  Under the protection of a husband; married.
• Learning
  of Learn
• Prayerless
  Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
• Sheet cable
  The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
• Timeserver
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• FIRSTRATE
  Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).
• Callipash
  See Calipash.
• Callus
  Same as Callosity
• Covertly
  Secretly; in private; insidiously.
• Primer
  One who, or that which, primes
• Sheet chain
  A chain sheet cable.
• Timeserving
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• Calling
  of Call
• PRINTABLE
  Worthy to be published. [R.]

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