'Text-book' definitions:

Definition of 'Text-book'

From: GCIDE
  • Text-book \Text"-book`\, n.
  • 1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook. [1913 Webster] Text hand