BOOK

Definitions

1. 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
2. 2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton.
3. 3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
4. 4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
5. 5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.