A Dictionary of the English Language: Giving the Derivations, Pronunciations, Definitions and Synonyms of a Large Vocabulary of the Words Occurring in ... and the Common Speech (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Dictionary of the English Language: Giving the Derivations, Pronunciations, Definitions and Synonyms of a Large Vocabulary of the Words Occurring in Literature, Art, Science, and the Common SpeechThe Vocabulary is pruned of the less familiar technical terms, and of most of the obsolete or very rare literary words. It retains scientific terms occurring in books for the general reader, and also the words of the Bible, Shakespeare, and the more widely read of the older writers. Each word defined is given its place in the alphabetical order of the column, regard -being had in this, as in all other details of arrangement, to convenience and quickness of consultation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.