picture book (pikʻturbuk)

A book of pictures; also, a book illustrated with pictures. To gie good lawful coin for ballants and picture - books. Scott, St. Ronan's Well, vi. The devil's picture-books. See book. pictured (pik'turd), a. [ picture-frame (pik'tur-frām), n. The more or le ornamental border put around a picture to protect it and to isolate it, by separating it from other pictures, the decoration of the wall, etc. picture-gallery (pik'tūr-gal"e-ri), n. A gallery, apartment, or building in which pictures are hung up or exhibited. picture-lens (pik'tūr-lenz), n. A large double convex lens of very long focus, mounted in a frame, and used for examining pictures hung on a wall. picture-molding (pik'tūr-mōl"ding), n. A molded strip of wood, often gilded or colored, secured to an interior wall near the ceiling to allow of the convenient hanging of pictures by means of hooks, which fit over one of the members of the molding. Compare picture - rod. A name