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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEXT-BOOK

n.In universities and colleges, a classic author written with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for the observations or interpretation dictated by the master or regent. 1. A book containing the leading principles or most important points of a science or branch of learning, arranged in order for the use of students.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TEXT-BOOK

TEXT-BOOK 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.