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Dictionarium Britannicum, or, A more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant : containing not only the words, and their explication, but their etymologies... Also explaining hard and technical words ... Illustrated with near five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our antient charters, statutes, writs ... Also the ... mythology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. ... To which is added a collection of proper names of persons and places in Great-Britain ... Collected by several hands
Bailey, N (1742); Gordon, George (1716-1728); Miller, Philip (1691-1771)
1730
Advertisement on p. [818]. Title page printed in red and black.
The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States
Mencken, H L (1880-1956)
1936
The American language : An inquiry into the development of English in the United States
Mencken, H L (1880-1956)
1948
The pre-conquest personal names of Domesday book
Feilitzen, Olof von (1908-1976)
1937
Inaug.-Diss.--Uppsala.
A Gaelic dictionary in two parts : I. Gaelic and English. II. English and Gaelic : in which the words in their different acceptations are illustrated by quotations from the best Gaelic writers, and their affinities traced in most of the languages of ancient and modern times : with a short historical appendix of ancient names deduced from the authority of Ossian and other poets, to which is prefixed A New Gaelic Grammar
Armstrong, R A (1788-1867)
1825
Spine title: Lexicon gaelico-anglicum.
The universal etymological English dictionary : containing an additional collection of words (not in the first volume) with their explications and etymologies... Also an explication of hard and technical words, or terms, in all arts and sciences ... Illustrated with above five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, statues [sic], writs ... To which is added, an additional collection of proper names of persons and places in Great Britain ... Vol. II
Bailey, N (1742)
1731
Statement of responsibility follows edition statement. Although called Vol. II, this is a supplement to the author's An universal etymological English dictionary. Cf. Alston, R.C. Engl. language. ...
The universal etymological English dictionary : containing an additional collection of words (not in the first volume) with their explications and etymologies... Also an explication of hard and technical words, or terms, in all arts and sciences ... Illustrated with above five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, statues [sic], writs ... To which is added, an additional collection of proper names of persons and places in Great Britain ... Vol. II
Bailey, N (1742)
1731
Statement of responsibility follows edition statement. Although called Vol. II, this is a supplement to the author's An universal etymological English dictionary. Cf. Alston, R.C. Engl. language. ...
An universal etymological English dictionary : comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue... And also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words ... Together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases us'd in our ancient statutes, charters, writs ... and the etymology and interpretation of the proper names of men, women, and remarkable places in Great Britain ... To which is added, a collection of our most common proverbs
Bailey, N (1742)
1731
Statement of responsibility follows edition statement.
Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitants thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poësies, and epitaphes
Camden, William (1551-1623); Eld, George (1624); Waterson, Simon (fl. 1584-1634)
1605
Dedication signed: M. N. [i.e. [Willia]m [Camde]n]. "Certaine poemes, or poesies, epigrammes, rythmes, and epitaphs" has a separate half-title on p. [236], separate pagination and register. Printe...