About The Word Hornbook
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Hornbook
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What's The Definition Of Hornbook?Synonyms | Synonyms for Hornbook: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hornbook: abecedarium | abecedary | alphabet | alphabet book | and arithmetic | basics | battledore | casebook | elementary education | elements | exercise book | first principles | first steps | gradus | grammar | induction | initiation | introduction | manual | manual of instruction | outlines | primer | principia | principles | propaedeutic | reader | reading | rudiments | schoolbook | speller | spelling book | t | text | workbook | writing See Also | Hornbook In Webster's Dictionary \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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