hornbook – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
hornbook
n.
page containing the alphabet and protected with a translucent piece of horn (formerly used to teach children to read); beginner's textbook, primer (for learning to read)
Hornbook
A
hornbook is a book that serves as
primer for study. The hornbook originated in England as long ago as 1450, or earlier. The term has been applied to a few different study materials in different fields. In children's education, in the years before modern educational materials were used, it referred to a leaf or page displaying the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a transparent sheet of horn (or
mica) and attached to a frame provided with a handle.
Hornbook
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
HORNBOOK
A book which details a specific area of law that is written by a pre-eminent authority on the subject.
hornbook
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
