book-lear

Scots

Noun

book-lear (plural ?)

1. (Scots) Education; knowledge gained from books.
   • 1881, edited by A.G. Murdoch, Recent and Living Scottish Poets, page 200:

     But a' his teachers are agree't they'll never maun to knock Book-lear intae the timmer heid o' my big Jock!.

See also

• book-lare