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red-book

red-book is the alternative form of red book.

Meaning of red book

Noun

red book (plural red books)

  1. A book, often bound with a red cover, or online equivalent, that is an official, or canonical, collection of data, regulations, or writings.
    • All the chauntry preestis whos composicions are enrolled in the rede boke. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1479, ed. 1870, p. 419, cited after OED)
  2. A book supposedly belonging to the devil and containing the signatures of those in league with him.
    • Her confession to Mr. Langley of Sarum, that she lived with D. Lamb and learnt the art of raising Spirits from him, which she also confessed to Edmond Bower to whom also she acknowledged her skill of curing diseases by Charms and Spels, that she could discover stollen goods, and shew any one the...1655, Thomas More, An Antidote Against Atheism, pages 205–206

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Forms of red-book

pluralred-books

Questions about red-book

What is red-book the alternative form of?
Red-book is the alternative form of red book.

Words near red-book in the dictionary

  1. red-black tree
  2. red-black trees
  3. red-blood
  4. red-blooded
  5. red-bloodedness
  6. red-book
  7. red-books
  8. red-breasted flycatcher
  9. red-breasted flycatchers
  10. red-breasted geese
  11. red-breasted goose

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