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The complete English dictionary, explaining most of those hard words, which are found in the best English writers . By a lover of good English and common sense. N.B. The author assures you, he thinks this is the best English dictionary in the world.
John WesleyDate: [1777]- E-books
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A new universal etymological English dictionary containing not only explanations of the words in the English language; ... but also their etymologies from the ancient and modern languages: and accents directing to their proper pronunciation; ... Illustrated with copper-plates. Originally compiled by N. Bailey. Assisted in the mathematical part by G. Gordon; in the botanical by P. Miller; and in the etymological, &c. by T. Lediard, ... And now re-published with many corrections, ... by different hands. The etymology of all terms ... being revised and corrected by Joseph Nicol Scott, ..
Scott, Joseph Nicol, 1703-1769.Date: 1755- E-books
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An universal etymological English dictionary comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physic, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematics, Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Music, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law, and the Etymology and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: And also the Dialects of our different Counties. Also a Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they speak, read, or write. A new edition, being the twenty-fifth. Besides retaining all former Improvements, there are now added, and interspersed in their proper Places, above two thousand Words, to be found in no other Edition of this Work; a List of Part of which is hereto subjoined. By N. Bailey, [greek text].
Bailey, N. (Nathan), d. 1742.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]- E-books
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Johnson's dictionary of the English language, in miniature . To which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities; a list of the cities, ... and a concise epitome of the most remarkable events during the French revolution. By the Rev. Joseph Hamilton, ..
Date: 1799- E-books
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English etymology or, a derivative dictionary of the English language: in two alphabets. Tracing the Etymology of those English Words, that are derived I. From the Greek, and Latin Languages; II. From the Saxon, and other Northern Tongues. The whole compiled from Vossius, meric casaubon, spelman, somner, minshew, junius, skinner, verstegan, ray, nugent, upton, cleland, and other etymologists. By the Reverend George William Lemon, Rector of Geytonthorpe, and Vicar of East Walton, Norfolk.
Lemon, George William, 1726-1797.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]