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Webster 1913 Edition
Album
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
2.
A register for visitors’ names; a visitors' book.
3.
A blank book, in which to insert autographs, sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Album
AL'BUM
,Noun.
1.
Among the Romans, a white table, board or register, on which the names of public officers and public transactions were entered.2.
A book, originally blank, in which foreigners or strangers insert autographs of celebrated persons, or in which friends insert pieces as memorials for each other.