- hornbook
- noun Date: circa 1595 1. a child's primer consisting of a sheet of parchment or paper protected by a sheet of transparent horn 2. a rudimentary treatise
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hornbook
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hornbook — A primer; a book explaining the basics, fundamentals or rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase hornbook law is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or general principles of law. Popular reference to a series of textbooks … Black's law dictionary
hornbook — A primer; a book explaining the basics, fundamentals or rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase hornbook law is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or general principles of law. Popular reference to a series of textbooks … Black's law dictionary
hornbook law — n. General principles of law that are widely known and not questioned; see also black letter law The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. hornbook law … Law dictionary
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,… … Moby Thesaurus
