单词	hornbook
释义	hornbook /ˈhɔːnbʊk / noun 1 historical A teaching aid consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord’s Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn.One is an eighteenth-century hornbook (not illustrated), a common device for teaching the alphabet and numbers, but exceptional in this case because it is made of silver. 1.1North American Law A one-volume treatise summarizing the law in a specific field: a high demand for hornbooks that are quick and easy to use... Gaius wrote his famous Institutes, or hornbook, near the end of this time. A nice example of this comes from hornbook contract law, and in particular the rule that one could not enforce a contract if one was not a party or had not given consideration. As for studying, I've yet to use any kind of supplement, hornbook, etc.
随便看	observation term observation ward observative observator observatory observe observedly observer observership observer's paradox obsess obsession obsessional obsessionalism obsessionality obsessionally obsessional neurosis obsessional neurotic obsessionist obsessive obsessively obsessiveness obsessive–compulsive obsessor obsidian

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