(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:45:38

Text"-book` (?), n.

1.

A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.

2.

A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.

 

© Webster 1913.

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