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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, 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 compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificer, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. Seventeenth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey, [Greek]
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: [1757]- Books
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Glossarium antiquitatum Britannicarum, sive syllabus etymologicus antiquitatum veteris Britanniæ atque Iberniæ, temporibus Romanorum. Auctore Willielmo Baxter, Cornavio, Scholae Merciariorum Praefecto. Accedunt viri cl. D. Edvardi Luidii, Cimeliarchae Ashmol. Oxon. de fluviorum, montium, urbium, &c. In Britanniâ Nominibus, Adversaria Posthuma.
Baxter, William, 1650-1723.Date: MDCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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Glossarium antiquitatum Britannicarum, sive syllabus etymologicus antiquitatum veteris Britanniæ atque Iberniæ temporibus Romanorum. Autore Willielmo Baxter, Cornavio, Scholae Merciariorum Praefecto. Accedunt viri cl. D. Edvardi Luidii, Cimeliarchae Ashmol. Oxon. de fluviorum, montium, urbium, &c. In Britannia Nominibus, Adversaria Posthuma.
Baxter, William, 1650-1723.Date: MDCCXIX. [1719]- Books
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A law dictionary: or the interpreter of words and terms, used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain, and in tenures and jocular customs: first published by the Learned Dr. Cowel, and in this edition very much augmented and improved, by the Addition of many Thousand Words, found in our Histories, Antiquities, Cartularies, Rolls, Registers, and other Manuscript Records. With an appendix, containing two tables; one of the antient names of places in Great Britain, and the other of the antient surnames; Both of them very necessary for the Use of all such, as converse with antient Deeds, Charters, &c.
Cowell, John, 1554-1611.Date: MDCCXXVII. [1727]- 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, 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 us'd in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes at 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 Counties. 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 compil'd 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 thorowly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The second edition, with large additions. By N. Bailey,
Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.Date: 1724