Entick's 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 assist young People, Artificers Tradesmen and Foreigners, desirous of understanding what they speak, read and write. A new edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged throughout. Being a collection of near forty thousand words in the English language, fully explained. By Willia Crakelt, A. M. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.
- Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
- Date:
- M,DCC,XC. [1790]
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New spelling dictionary
Publication/Creation
Dublin : printed for Thomas Walker, No. 79, Dame Street, M,DCC,XC. [1790]
Physical description
v,[3],544p. ; obl.160.
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References note
ESTC T185367
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.