ppl. a. [f. BOOK sb. and v.]
† 1. Instructed in books. Obs.
1393. Gower, Conf., III. 319. She was wel taught, she was wel boked.
2. Entered in a book; registered; conveyed by charter.
1842. Poe, M. Roget, Wks. 1864, I. 236. The recognized and booked principles.
1875. Maine, Hist. Inst., iv. 115. Over his own domain and ‘booked’ land.
3. colloq. Engaged, destined, bound; certain.
1840. Hood, Up the Rhine, 6. I am booked for a much longer journey.
1841. De Quincey, Homer & H., Wks. VI. 339. He, at least, is booked for the doctor.
1849. R. Levinge, C. Doolan, II. ix. 186. [He] declared that ‘they were booked to have fine weather.’
