book muslin (bukmuz"lin)

A fine kind of transparent muslin having a stiff or elastic finish: so called from being folded in book form. book-name (bük'nām), n. In zoöl. and bot., a name (other than the technical name) of an animal or plant found only in scientific treatises-that is, not in use as a vernacular name. It is often a mere adaptation of the Latin or technical term, as paradoxure for an animal of the genus Para doxurus. book-notice (bük'nō"tis), n. A short notice or review of a book in a magazine or newspaper. book-oath (bük'ōth), n. An oath made on the Bible; a Bible-oath. I put thee now to thy book - oath; deny it, if thou canst. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1.