| Absey book | [pron: 'absee, = aybee'see] ABC, child's primer |
| book | record, list, register |
| book | expertly, as if following a manual |
| book | writing tablet |
| book | Bible, prayer-book |
| book | deed, charter, set of indentures |
| book | book-learning, scholarship, erudition |
| book | off by heart, by rote |
| book | (plural) good books, favour, regard |
| book | writing, written composition |
| bookish | of mere book-learning, obtained only from books, scholarly |
| book-man | scholar, student |
| book-mate | fellow-student, scholarly associate |
| book-oath | oath made on a Bible or prayer-book |
| bully rook | merry comrade, good mate, old rogue |
| coach-fellow | [one of a team of horses drawing a coach] companion, mate, partner in crime |
| cock and pie, by | by God and the service book |
| co-mate | companion, fellow, comrade |
| commonplace | commonplace book, collection, compilation |
| creditor | credit [column in an account book] |
| debitor | debtor [debt column in an account book] |
| Ephesian | good mate, old drinking companion |
| inkhorn | pedantic, book-scribbling |
| love-book | book dealing with matters of love, courtship manual |
| mate | fellow, individual |
| mate | companion, associate, comrade |
| mate | astound, amaze, confound |
| mate | checkmate, overcome, finish off |
| mate | be a match for, cope with |
| mate | check, frustrate, hinder |
| mate and make | husband and wife |
| mated | bewildered, confused |
| partition | wall, dividing structure; also: section of a learned book |
| peer | mate, companion; wife |
| rut-time | mating season, time for sex |
| skains-mate | [unclear meaning] cut-throat fellow |
| story | book of history, historical record |
| table-book | notebook, memo pad, memorandum book |
| title-leaf | title-page of a book |
| toll | enter for sale in the toll-book [tax register] of a market |
| tread | mate, pair up |