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 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 Speech<br><br>The 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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This 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.