ˈdiet-book
[f. diet n.1 and n.2.]
† 1. A journal or diary. Obs.
| 1624 Epistle Christian Brother 25 (Jam.) It is a diet⁓booke, wherein the sinnes of everie day are written. |
2. A book in which a course of diet is laid down.
| 1651 Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. iii. 139 Lessius..in his Eloquent Diet-booke, hath so endeavoured to mete out every mans course of Diet, that he would have twelve ounces to be a sufficient quantitie of meat for any man. |