Album

al′bum, n. among the Romans, a white tablet or register on which the prætor's edicts and such public notices were recorded: a blank book for the insertion of portraits, autographs, poetical extracts, memorial verses, postage-stamps, or the like.— adj. Al′bumē′an , and n. Al′bume , whimsical coinages of Charles Lamb. [L. alb us , white.]