book trimmer (buktrim"er)

A machine for squaring the edges of unbound books. book-work (bük'werk), n. 1. The study of text-books, as distinguished from experimental studies, or from instruction imparted by lee tures. 2. In printing, work on books and pamphlets, as distinguished from newspaper job-work. book-worm (bük'wėrm), п. 1. A name given to the larvæ of various insects, which gnaw and injure books, but particularly to those of two species of small beetles, Anobium ( Sitodrepa ) paniceum and Ptinus brunneus, belonging to the family Ptinida. They infest old, unused books, work I Book-worm Beetles. I a, Sitodrepa panicea; b, enlarged antenna of same; c, Ptinus brunneus. (Vertical lines show natural sizes.) ing chiefly in the leather binding, but also riddling the leaves with small holes. The larvæ of both species are closely similar, being cylindrical and curved like those of snout-beetles, but furnished with well-developed legs, and with rather long, sparse pubescence. In the imago state, however, the species are readily distinguished, P. brun neus being much more slender in every respect than A. paniceum. 2. A person closely addicted to study; one devoted to the reading of or to research in books: as, "these poring book - worms," Tatler, No. 278. [In this sense more commonly as one word.] Though I be no book - worm , nor one that deals by art, to give you rhetoric. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. Instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm . Emerson, Misc., p. 77. book wright (bük'rīt), n. A writer of books; an author: a term expre ive of slight disparagement. In London, at this moment, any young man of real power will find friends enough and too many among his fellow book wrights . Kingsley, Two Years Ago, xi. booll (böl), n. [Sc. form of bowl2 .] 1. A bowl used in bowling.-2. A marble used by boys in play.-3. pl . The game of bowls.