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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, Teutonick, 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, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, 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: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. 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. By N. Bailey, [Greek] The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Harwood, D.D.
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: [1782?]- Books
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The new spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety; In which each Word is accented according to its just and natural Pronunciation; the Part of Speech is properly distinguished, and The Various Significations Are Ranged In One Line; With A List of Proper Names of Men and Women. The Whole Compiled and digested in a Manner entirely new, to make it a Complete Pocket Companion For Those Who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson, and Locke, or other English Authors of Repute in Prose or Verse: And in particular to a first young People, Artificers, Tradesmen and Foreigners, desirous of understanding what they speak, read and write. To which is prefixed, A Grammatical Introduction to the English Tongue. By the Rev. John Entick, M. A., Editor of Littleton's Latin and English Dictionary and Schrevelius's Greek Lexieon. A New Edition. Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged throughout. To Which IS Now Added, A Catalogue of Words of similar Sounds, but of different Spellings and Significations. By William Crakelt, M. A. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: 1785- Books
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A dictionary of the English language; in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, And Authorized BY The Names Of The Writers In Whose Works They Are Found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.Date: 1799- Books
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A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorised by the names of the writers in whose works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, A.M. To which are prefixed, a grammar of the English language, and the preface to the folio edition.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.Date: M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]- Books
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Cocker's English dictionary: interpreting the most refined and difficult words ... By Edward Cocker, ... Perused and published from the authors correct copy, by John Hawkins.
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1704