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n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carrying the record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a single account. --
Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which two entries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to the Dr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., or right hand, side of a corresponding account, in order tha&unr_; the one entry may check the other; -- sometimes called, from the place of its origin, the Italian method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the wood or fuel for burning them. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. [ Heb. khanukkāh. ] The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabaeus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes of Syria (1 Maccabees i. 58, iv. 59). The feast, which is mentioned in John x. 22, is held for eight days (beginning with the 25th day of Kislev, corresponding to December), and is celebrated everywhere, chiefly as a festival of lights, by the Jews. [ Also spelled Chanuka. ]
Syn. -- Chanukah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. [ Jap. ] The northernmost of the main islands of Japan. Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan. [ PJC ]

n. A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. pl. [ Dan. ] See Kitchen middens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Knack. ] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw; a tchotchke. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A collection of knickknacks. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Knickknacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An East Indian cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
Syn. -- finger millet, ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. & v. See Lack. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. Same as Pucka. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ D. ] One that treks. [ Written also trecker. ] [ South Africa ] James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Wicked. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]