Cook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (?); p. pr & vb. n. Cooking.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.
2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]
They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different.
Addison.
Cook (k&oocr;k), v. i. To prepare food for the table.
Cook"book` (-b&oocr;k`), n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.]
"Just How": a key to the cookbooks.
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.